I’ve come back to writing this post so many times since April – and never actually managed to finish it. As usual, I’ve written way too much here, but not playing with fire by trying to cut it down – I tried again with a new perspective thanks to Daniel’s input from the StoryBrand Script group mentoring session and it stuck so I’m counting it as…

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As a client going into Threshold, I have had a very marked experience of the raise in energy and also an experience of strong need to do the thing that comes to mind, even if I don’t express it strongly. There’s often a growing hint throughout Severance of what I want to do in Threshold in the form of a longing or pulling or embodied wish, eve…

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I really appreciate this ‘microcosm’ approach Erin! I wouldn’t call myself an individualist in any way, but I think I’m coming much closer to that place of focusing on ‘what I can DO right now, right here’ (see my comment below in response to Lilia!). It’s becoming increasingly clear to me that the macro/top-down approach is important for context… Read more

Oooof, Lilia, this phrase “allowing myself to enter the compost of my community” GOT me. Like full-body tingles. Yes, yes, yes. You’re so right: it’s going to take generations, and it can’t be forced or escaped. It’s utterly pointless and hugely painful to boot to take on the responsibility to change the entire system at once, though that…

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I love that, Erin! I’m feeling you on the not wanting or needing to always have scientific backing — so long as it works for you and it feels good, then screw the reductionism of scientific studies! I value science deeply for how far it has brought us in terms of rigour of thinking and depth of understanding, and insofar as it is a product of…

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Lilia,

Thank you deeply for such a nuanced, thoughtful, and challenging response. I wanted to really think about these questions for a while before responding. As with the last forum discussion, I can feel myself being deeply stretched, and I’m so grateful to you for that!

I think you hit the nail on the head with regards to my concerns when you…

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I realized I never made a summary post for this module, so here it is at last:

What I’m taking away from this module is that nature connection is a practice of stepping into relationship and reciprocity with other beings, which requires letting go of control and getting comfortable in the unknown. This module and this entire discussion deepened my…

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Whoa, Julie, I love your rabbit holes so much! Your post helped me to discover a new layer to my own excitement around NCC. I totally agree that considering NCC to belong under the umbrella of applied ecopsychology provides a structure and context for the work as well as a freedom from having all the answers. This is so well expressed…

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Hi Erin,

It was really interesting to read your post and I totally agree when you say “human consciousness loses the polarity of good versus evil in Nature-Connectedness” — your example of the “badness” of the eagle being irrelevant in the greater ecological context feels so right!

That said, I had a really different interpretation of…

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In a recent collaborative workshop between the Berlin collectives Frauenzentrum and Black Earth Kollektiv, two activists outlined a nuanced and critical distinction between the environmental and climate justice movements which, though I had not heard it explicitly articulated before, felt deeply resonant. The environmental movement, they argued,…

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