126 episodes

Welcome to A Wild New Work. You'll learn about the Seasons, how the natural world "works," capitalism, animism, and what it can all mean for you and your life. Hosted by Megan Leatherman, a writer, mother, and teacher in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more on Instagram @awildnewwork or at awildnewwork.com.

A Wild New Work: Ecological guidance for your work life Megan Leatherman

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Welcome to A Wild New Work. You'll learn about the Seasons, how the natural world "works," capitalism, animism, and what it can all mean for you and your life. Hosted by Megan Leatherman, a writer, mother, and teacher in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more on Instagram @awildnewwork or at awildnewwork.com.

    122. Creating Pockets of Care, with Toi Smith

    122. Creating Pockets of Care, with Toi Smith

    How can we make the tiny area of life that we inhabit more caring, less transactional, and free from extraction? In this conversation with Toi Smith, we discuss strategies for embodying more beauty and less exploitation, whether it’s in our parenting, work, relationships to one another, or our relationships to the wider world.

    About Toi:
    Toi Smith is a Growth + Impact Strategist and her work centers on doing life, business, and motherhood differently. Toi works with people whose work is countercultural, liberatory, and revolutionary in nature...or people who desire and are committed to moving their work or lives in that direction.

    To connect with Toi, visit:
    www.toimarie.com
    deepening.toimarie.com
    www.lovingblacksinglemothers.com
    www.projectbloom.com
    Instagram @toimarie

    If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! You can also pitch in to support the show once or monthly at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman

    You can learn more about Megan and her work at: https://awildnewwork.com/

    • 58 min
    121. Re-villaging, with Megan Hayne and Heather Dorfman

    121. Re-villaging, with Megan Hayne and Heather Dorfman

    Many of us yearn for a way of living that is evoked by the term “village,” and it’s true that for millenia, humans met their needs inside of a communal setting such as this. In this episode with anticapitalist, nature-loving co-conspirators Heather Dorfman and Megan Hayne, we discuss what the term “village” means to us, what needs might be met in a village setting that aren’t met in our modern way of living, and accessible ways to re-village right where we are, with what we’ve got.

    Resources Mentioned:
    *Rise Up Rooted: https://awildnewwork.com/rise-up-rooted

    About Megan:
    Megan Hayne (she/her), is a shepherd’s daughter, mother, body worker, and menstrual circle facilitator. She is also an authorized Kum Nye (Tibetan Yoga) instructor, Licensed Massage Therapist, and holds a Bachelor of Health Science Degree. Megan is presently studying ritual with Old School Nate. You can learn more about Megan’s work at moonschoolcircle.com or on Instagram @mooncyclemegan

    About Heather:
    Heather Dorfman, LMSW (she/her) is the founder of Rose and Cedar Forest Therapy. Heather guides groups and individuals in the practice of Forest Therapy; offers Grief Care; provides organizational consulting, training, and retreats; and is also an adjunct professor of social work. In all of these realms, Heather is co-creating a world of justice and liberation for all beings. You can learn more about Heather’s work at roseandcedarforesttherapy.com or on Instagram @roseandcedarforest

    If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! You can also pitch in to support the show once or monthly at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman

    You can learn more about Megan and her work at: https://awildnewwork.com/

    • 58 min
    120. What Are Your True, Original Needs?

    120. What Are Your True, Original Needs?

    How does a seed grow to become the fruit? It does so by meeting its needs. In this first episode of the Spring 2024 season, we’ll be discussing what our actual, original needs are, the extraneous needs put upon us by capitalism, why it’s so hard to meet our needs in this culture, and why we need fresh strategies for meeting the needs that will actually help us become who we deeply are.

    If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! You can also pitch in to support the show once or monthly at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman

    Resources mentioned:
    *Rise Up Rooted: Rite of Passage Program for Adults: https://awildnewwork.com/rise-up-rooted
    *Eating Capitalism: https://awildnewwork.com/eating-capitalism
    *One on One Work: https://awildnewwork.com/one-on-one-coaching

    • 59 min
    119. Your Vocational Journey: Four Seasons (Encore)

    119. Your Vocational Journey: Four Seasons (Encore)

    Life happens in cycles, but we work as if we’re walking a straight line. In this encore episode, I’m sharing how you can move through four seasons on your vocational journey and why doing so can bring more ease, alignment, and wisdom to your professional life.

    If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! You can also pitch in to support the show once or monthly at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman

    Resources mentioned:
    Becoming the Dawn: A 4-week Sunrise Series: https://mailchi.mp/awildnewwork/becoming-the-dawn
    Rise Up Rooted: Rite of Passage Program for Adults: https://awildnewwork.com/rise-up-rooted
    Eating Capitalism: https://awildnewwork.com/eating-capitalism

    • 46 min
    118. We Take the Next Right Step

    118. We Take the Next Right Step

    Navigating this murky late Winter / pre-Spring period requires that we know how to make the best choices we can, given the constraints and circumstances we’re dealing with. Does a seed get stuck in analysis paralysis? Probably not. Does a nesting bird get frozen in indecision about when to lay her eggs? No. We can tap into this free flow of energy and choice that we see modeled around us and remember how to take one right step, then another, and then another.

    If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! You can also pitch in to support the show once or monthly at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman

    Resources mentioned:
    Becoming the Dawn: a 4-week Sunrise Series: https://mailchi.mp/awildnewwork/becoming-the-dawn
    Eating Capitalism: https://awildnewwork.com/eating-capitalism
    Pay What You Can Tarot Readings: https://awildnewwork.com/intuitive-career-readings
    Deeper 1:1 Work: https://awildnewwork.com/one-on-one-coaching

    • 36 min
    117. Connection in Collapse, with Carmen Spagnola

    117. Connection in Collapse, with Carmen Spagnola

    We can sense how chaotic, disconnected, and troubled our world is, and many of us feel the need for sturdier skills to help us be with these times. In this conversation with trauma recovery practitioner, clinical hypnotherapist, and kitchen witch Carmen Spagnola, we explore the poignancy of being alive right now as well as the frameworks and practices that can help us metabolize what’s happening and find the deliciousness that’s available.

    About Carmen:
    Carmen Spagnola is a Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef turned trauma recovery practitioner, clinical hypnotherapist, and kitchen witch. She has hosted The Numinous Podcast since 2014. She's the author of The Spirited Kitchen: Recipes & Rituals for the Wheel of the Year, and founder of The Numinous Network, an online learning and support portal for people healing from trauma through a cross-pollination of somatics, attachment, and nature-based spirituality.

    Ways to connect with Carmen:
    The Spirited Kitchen: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781682686676
    www.carmenspagnola.com
    www.numinouspodcast.com
    Insta: @carmenspagnola
    TikTok: @itscarmenspagnola

    If you enjoyed this episode, please help get it to others by subscribing, rating the show, or sharing it with a friend! You can also pitch in to support the show once or monthly at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/meganleatherman

    You can learn more about Megan and her work at: https://awildnewwork.com/

    • 1 hr 5 min

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