Unfurling Elizabeth Wainwright & Catriona Horey

It’s our season 2 finale! Join us, Elizabeth and Catriona, as we share this episode with Robbie Swale, a leadership coach and author of ‘How to Start When You’re Stuck’. Robbie helps us think about how each of us can move forward in a way that feels true - with creativity and persistence, and by choosing the next right steps.
 
The conversation ranges from the philosophical to the practical. Robbie touches on his experience of creative hell, the importance of releasing our creative potential, taking actions towards who we want to become, and trusting in an emergent creative process. The episode concludes with Elizabeth and Catriona reflecting on the topic - inspired by Robbie and by some unusual trees. We also share a special announcement about Unfurling’s next right step!
 
Robbie Swale is a writer and leadership coach whose work focuses on creativity, leading with honour, and the craft of coaching. Alongside his client work, he has run coaching, training and facilitation for organisations including Moonpig, the Royal Opera House, Swiss Re and the University of Edinburgh. He is the host of ‘The Coach’s Journey’ Podcast. 
 
For more on Unfurling and to keep updated on our creative journey, please join our Facebook Group or visit our website.
 
~4: The Coach’s Journey
~5 & ~52: “How to Start When You’re Stuck” by Robbie Swale
~10: Robert Holden
~15: “The Happiness Hypothesis” by Jonathan Haidt
~20 & ~52: “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield
~20: Stephen Pressfield: “The more important a call to action is to our soul's evolution, the more Resistance we will feel about answering it.”
~21: Joel Monk
~27: “Show Your Work!” by Austin Kleon 
~28: Seth Godin
~30: “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman
~35: Olivia Owen
~37: “100 LinkedIn Articles - Key Lessons” by Alex Swallow
~39: Boyd Varty - The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life
~41: Hermann Hesse  
~44: Fred Kofman
~49: Free worksheet to design your own 12-Minute Method 
~49: The 12-Minute Method Facebook group
~50: Duolingo 
~51: Robbie Swale's website
~52: “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert
~59: Palmeral de Elche
~60: The Huerto del Cura Garden 
~62: Baobab trees

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Join us, Elizabeth and Catriona, as we explore Power - in ourselves, collectively, and in the natural world.  We look at the awe that power can invoke, the pitfalls of power, and the possibilities in thinking about power differently. 
 
We learn from power in nature: from obvious (tsunamis, hurricanes, crocodiles) to lesser known examples (mantis shrimps, mites) and nuanced expressions (glaciers, rivers, forests, elephants). We touch on topics linked to power: language; narratives; creation; destruction; inner belief; control; respect; listening; empowerment; history; myths; inclusion; and leadership. And we consider what might be possible if we choose to think about and connect with power differently and wholeheartedly.
 
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~2: Online Etymology Dictionary: Power
~6: Emily Dickinson
~7: Gorillas; eagles
~7, 13: Crocodiles, elephants, mantis shrimps, mites
~8: Hurricane Power
~12: “London” by William Blake
~14: Dalai Lama XIV
~15: “Empowerment” 
~15: Gloria Steinem
~16: “The Death of Nature” by Carolyn Merchant
~18: Girl Power
~19: The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
~21: Ralph Waldo Emerson
~24: Robert Ingersoll
~24: Lord Acton: "Absolute power corrupts absolutely"
~24: Plato
~25: Harold MacMillan
~25: Ghanaian Proverb
~27: Viktor Frankl
~30: Mahatma Gandhi
~31: Woodrow Wilson
~34: The Butterfly Effect

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Join us as we dive into the magical world of soil!  We’ve become huge fans – did you know there are more microorganisms in a teaspoon of healthy soil than there are people on the Earth?
 
We explore what soil is, how it sustains life, and why it’s important for physical and mental health, and the climate. We draw on our own connections to soil, living in the country and city, and discuss what we can learn from soil about time, dormancy, patience, place, meaning, community, connection, communication, healing, complexity, and letting go.
 
We look at the threats to soil, and so to the world’s health at large, and signpost efforts to protect and restore soil, from the individual level, to farming, to policy.
 
Whether you’re new to this topic, or are an avid gardener or farmer, we hope you take something from the episode.  To explore this and other subjects, join our Facebook group, 'Unfurling Podcast' or get in touch via our website.
References:
~1: Charles E. Kellogg, “USDA Yearbook of Agriculture”, 1938: “Essentially, all life depends upon the soil. There can be no life without soil and no soil without life; they have evolved together.” 
~1: Chief Seattle, 1852: “We are part of the earth and it is part of us. What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth.” 
~2: Wendell Berry quote from “The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture”
~3: Definition of soil in Rainforest Alliance's “7 Fascinating Facts About Soil”
~7: Bedrock “weathering can take up to tens of thousands of years to form a mature soil”.
~7: “Soil and Soul: People versus Corporate Power” by Alastair McIntosh 
~10: Info on soil microbiome, & soil antidepressants in Rainforest Alliance link above
~12: Soil carbon stocks, EEA
~13: The South West Peatland Project
~15: Soil degradation, Conscious Planet
~16: Soil Association
~16: Nature Friendly Farming Network
~17: Soils for the Future
~18: Conscious Planet
~18: Article on Conscious Planet in The CSR Journal
~20: Open Farm Sunday
~21: “Bloom” by Nicola Skinner
~28: “Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Our Children from an Oversanitized World” by B. Brett Finlay & Marie-Claire Arrieta 
~29: Aldo Leopold, “A Sand County Almanac”

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As 2021 draws to a close, join us, Catriona and Elizabeth, for a short & sweet episode in which we create a space to think – for ourselves, for Unfurling, and for our listeners.  
 
We explore our desire to 'unfurl' the unique ways of thinking and being each of us have, and how this might help us go deeper in ourselves and in our relationships with others and the wider world.  
 
We discuss nuance, dialogue, learning, expansiveness, being responsive, inner and outer health, worth, the power of questions, and more. We touch on how we'd like Unfurling to create space for inner reflection as well as outer dialogue – through the podcast, and through new collectively-focused work in 2022. Finally we invite our listeners to create space to think - however, whenever, and wherever that may look.
 
To explore this and other subjects further, join our private Facebook group, 'Unfurling Podcast', or get in touch via our website.
 
​~0: "Stretch of time" from from Latin spatium as one definition for "Space", Online Etymology Dictionary
~5: Romain Rolland from "Above The Battle": "Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it."
~6: Rebecca Solnit from "Men Explain Things To Me": "The language of bold assertion is simpler, less taxing, than the language of nuance and ambiguity and speculation.”
~7: Nancy Kline from "Time to Think": "Everything we do depends for its quality on the thinking we do first, and our thinking depends on the quality of our attention for each other."
~8: "It All Turns on Affection" by Wendell Berry
~18: "Writers' Hour" with London Writers Salon

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We explore how the natural world can inform and inspire us on the topic of Economics. Guided by Peter Lefort, we look at one way to think differently about Economics in the 21st Century: Doughnut Economics.  
 
At the core of the approach is the ‘Doughnut’ consisting of two concentric rings: a social foundation, to ensure that no one is left falling short on life’s essentials, and an ecological ceiling, to ensure that humanity does not collectively overshoot planetary boundaries. Between these two sets of boundaries lies a doughnut-shaped space that is both ecologically safe and socially just: a space in which humanity can thrive.
 
We delve into the theory of Doughnut Economics as well as real-life applications: the Doughnut is being used on a county-scale in Cornwall Council, city-scale in Amsterdam, and nation-scale in Costa Rica. 
 
Peter Lefort is a Network Facilitator and Doughnut Economics Practitioner.  He runs the University of Exeter’s Green Futures Network, connecting communities and organisations to the latest environmental research and resources. He has previously worked on the implementation of doughnut economics within the decision making processes of Cornwall Council, and is a founder member of the Cornwall Doughnut Collective. Peter is also a freelance facilitator and trainer, and is Co-Chair of the Transition Network.
 
Whether you’re an Economics expert or newbie, we hope you enjoy this episode in which we touch on the links between Economy and Ecology and subjects including the importance of home, permission, mindset, systems, complexity, patterns, growth -- and Starling murmurations!
 
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~1: “Coaching through the Lens of Nature”
~6: Dasgupta Review documents 
~9: Peter Lefort
~10: Green Futures Network
~18: “Doughnut Economics” by Kate Raworth
~22: Doughnut economics at Cornwall Council
~34: Doughnut Economics Action Lab
~42: Emergent Strategy” by Adrienne Maree Brown
~46: Andy Stirling 
~55: Doughnut Economics in Amsterdam  
~55: Doughnut Economics in Costa Rica

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Join Elizabeth and Catriona for a thought-provoking conversation with our episode guide Philippa Bayley as we delve into how language can help us relate with ourselves, other people, and the earth, and provide fresh perspectives and energy on topics such as climate change. 
 
Philippa is a research scientist turned public engagement practitioner and research manager with a passion to create unique spaces that help people think differently, whether that is 1:1 or in large-scale public events. She has worked across a range of disciplines from neuroscience to cybersecurity, but the heart of her work lies in rethinking our relationship with the earth. 
 
As part of our time together, we showcase ‘living-language-land’, which Philippa is one of the Creative Producers of. A recently-launched global nature language project for COP26, living-language-land experiments with how an expanded lexicon for our relationship with land and nature can both honour minority and endangered languages, and offer fresh inspiration for tackling our environmental crisis.
 
We hope you enjoy this wide-ranging episode in which we touch on topics such as empathy, responsibility, right relationship, science and indigenous wisdom and learn new words from around the world.
 
If you'd like to explore this and other subjects further, you're very welcome to join our private Facebook group, 'Unfurling Podcast'.
References (with hyperlinks): 
~0: Unfurling Podcast Facebook group
~1: Unfurling One-Year Celebration LinkedIn Post
~2: Philippa Bayley
~2: “Language: Singing Land Back Into Being”, Unfurling Podcast
~4: Elle Harrison
~6: PhD in Neuroscience at UCL (brain development in embryonic zebrafish)
~7: Cabot Institute for the Environment
~7: Neville Gabie
~11: living-language-land
~ 12: “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer 
~13: Noongar, Western Australia
~14: Jessie Little Doe Baird, Wampanoag Language Revitalisation Project
~17: Sardak: “the ancestors and owners of the land” from Ladakhi language, Ladakh, India
~18: śaff: “track; print; unexpectedly, it turns out to be” from Mehri language, Southern Oman
~19: Hyká: “name; stone; speech” from Mysk Kubun language, Central Colombia
~20: Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Lakota, USA
~24: Jessie Little Doe Baird: “In our language they left all the lessons for us.” 
~27: British Council’s COP26 Creative Commissions programme
~29: The Forgiveness Project
~31: “A Counter-Desecration Phrasebook” as “a glossary of enchantment for the whole earth, which would allow nature to talk back and would help us to listen” in “Landmarks” by Robert Macfarlane
~32: “Cultural and spiritual significance of nature”, IUCN
~35: COP26
~35: Partners, living-language-land
~37: Lakota idea of children being born with confidence with the earth and growing that over time
~39: living-language-land website
~40: Robin Wall Kimmerer
~41: Robert Macfarlane 
~41: Barbara Kingsolver
~41: How can you get involved? Living-language-land
~48 : Nelson Mandela: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
~50: Ïe cho: “good path” from Mysk Kubun language, Central Colombia
~50: Devon Pilgrim project 
~50: Jeremiah, 6:16: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.”
~54: “Climate Change (Pt 2): "Start with Strong"”, Unfurling Podcast
~54: “The Lost Words” by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
~55: “Landmarks” by Robert Macfarlane: “In both Lewis and Arizona, Language is used not only to navigate but also to charm the land. Words act as compass; place-speech serves literally to en-chant the land - to sing it back into being, and to sing one’s being back into it.”
~57: The African Grey Parrots at Battersea Park Childr