Be Mythical

This week's show is with Chris Park. Chris Park is a founding member of the Beekeeping History Trust, a skep beekeeper, skep-maker, apitherapy student and a practicing Druid. Chris lives on an organic farm in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire, U.K. His work is wide and varied, from arts and crafts, ancient technologies, experimental archaeology and educational projects to eco-building, storytelling, folk music, mental health, apitherapy, and raising the awareness of the heritage of beekeeping. He is a practicing Druid of the Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids, being immersed and versed in the folklore and spiritual traditions rooted within the honeyed isles of Britain & Europe. In this conversation, Chris and I explored the old Irish triad of hearth as altar, work as worship, and service as sacrament, what each of them means to us both, and the invitation this triad provides to anyone, but perhaps especially those of us who are consciously working in some way in service to spirit. We’d love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let’s carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below or share in our fb group. What you’ll learn from this episode: Hearth as altar: How can you pay attention, bring reverence, and allow your home to chart your relationship to spirit? Work as worship: Is your work worship? Is the way you be in your work worshipful? Service as sacrament: How are you of service in the wider world - to your land, your community of all beings - human and otherwise, the earth? How is your service an offering and receiving of divine grace? Resources and stuff that we spoke about: Chris’ Websites: LIVING BEEING Acorn Education druidry.org Bees for Development Follow Chris in Social Media Instagram: @chrischarlespark Thank you for listening! There’s a fresh episode each week, if you subscribe you’ll receive every show as soon as it's released (that way you’ll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian and Jonathan

David Richo, a psychotherapist and author known for his work on personal and spiritual growth, shares profound insights on navigating life changes. He discusses the delicate dance of timing and readiness for transformation, emphasizing self-awareness. Richo highlights the significance of unique callings and meaningful synchronicities in personal development. He also explores acknowledging spiritual connections and the transformative nature of grief, underscoring how loss can lead to new beginnings. Listeners are encouraged to embrace their unique journeys with grace.

This week’s show is with Wendy Dooner. Wendy Dooner is a Medical Herbalist and Shamanic Practitioner from Scotland who is passionate about reconnecting women with the innate healing wisdom of nature and their bodies. Wendy graduated from university in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science (honours) degree in Herbal Medicine (Phytotherapy) and, more recently, a 3-year advanced Shamanic Practitioner course. Weaving back together the threads of science, magic and spirituality in herbal medicine has been a major focus of her practice recently and is a cornerstone of her teachings; she now practices what she has called Shamanic Herbalism. Through her online courses, workshops, or one-on-one consultations, Wendy ensures that this wonderful blend of ancient wisdom and modern science reaches all her students. At the heart of Wendy's practice is her profound connection with her native medicinal plants. She believes that these plants hold the answers to many of our modern ailments. In her practice, Wendy doesn't just prescribe herbs; she introduces her clients to a world where plants are people; they are teachers, guides, allies and elders. She believes that every plant has a story to tell and a lesson to impart, and it's her mission to facilitate these transformative conversations between nature and the individual. She lives happily in a small community in the foothills of the Cairngorms in Scotland with her husband and 2 young sons, where she forages in the wilds of the moorlands, grows herbs in her messy garden and skateboards at every spare opportunity. In this show, Lian and Wendy explored how we as healers and guides serving others can connect with and work with the healing spirits of the plants in our local land, the life-changing impact that’s had on us both, reciprocity and permission, and how plants can show us the maps of life and the way back to ourselves. I’d love to know what YOU think about this week’s show. Let’s carry on the conversation…  please leave a comment below. What you’ll learn from this episode: Wendy’s story of beginning with a scientific, materialist approach to healing before then being called into a deeper spiritual connection is an arc that so many of us seem to be called to as healers and guides When we pay attention, the plant of our land are communicating with us constantly, they can teach us deep truths about the universe (such as Wendy’s experience with the hawthorn giving her an embodied teaching about death and rebirth) or show us important breadcrumbs on our path (as the oak did for me, propelling me onto the shamanic path) Creating a true relationship between humans and other beings and spirits based on respect and reciprocity is vital - making offerings, asking permission, and asking what plants are beautiful ways to begin this kind of relationship Resources and stuff that we spoke about Visit Wendy’s Website: wendydooner.com The Center for Shamanism: Shamanic Herbal 1:1 with Wendy Follow The Center of Shamanism in Social Media: Facebook: Wendy Dooner Instagram: @wendy.shamanicherbalist Thank you for listening! There’s a fresh episode each week, if you subscribe you’ll receive every show as soon as it's released (that way you’ll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian and Jonathan

All The Everything is Lian’s monthly solo show where she often shares what she’s been creating, consuming, and celebrating before diving deep into a topic inspired or chosen by members of The Wolf Pack. The LIVE making of the show is recorded in our Facebook group and for the first 30mins before Lian hits the record button you are invited to a pre-show party to get up close and personal with Lian and have your questions on the month’s topic answered. To receive a reminder of when the pre-show party and LIVE making of All The Everything is happening, make sure you’re subscribed to our email list and are a member of the Facebook group. All the details you need are HERE! In this episode, Lian dived deep into the topic of working with money as a portal for wisdom and healing, what money really is, how we can become conscious of what we project into it, and how this illuminates the path to healing and individuation. Resources and stuff that we spoke about: The enquiry questions: When it comes to money what do you perceive is the biggest challenge you have today? What messages are you aware of receiving at an early age about money? What do you believe about money now? What 5 words capture your feelings about money? What does having money say about you… Having a lot? Not having much? What does having water say about you… Having a lot? Not having much?  What do you need? Join Wild Wednesday if you haven’t already: wakingthewild.com/wildwednesday Share in the group what showed up for you listening to this show, including any questions: fb.com/groups/wakingthewild If you want to go deeper then take a look at WTW Medicine Thank you for listening! There’s a fresh episode each week, if you subscribe you’ll receive every show as soon as it's released (that way you’ll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian and Jonathan

This week’s show is with Caroline Mitchell. Caroline Mitchell is the UK’s leading dragon lady, dragon author and channeler and has been working with the dragons since 2005. Caroline is the author of the bestselling oracle cards The Dragon Path Oracle and the book How to Live with Dragons, both of which are published by Watkins. She is also a Reiki Master, Dragon Guided Reiki Master, Dragon Healing Practitioner, Crystal Healing Practitioner, Meditation and Mindful Meditation teacher. She has also been reading the tarot for over 30 years and working as a professional psychic and reader - she has guided and supported thousands of people to navigate their way through life, whether this be personal or business.  Caroline has over 20 years’ experience as a workshop leader and facilitator. More recently, she has been a regular lecturer at the College of Psychic Studies in central London. She has taught thousands of people, sharing her knowledge and wisdom on everything from dragons to meditation to teaching the tarot cards and much more. In this show, Lian and Caroline explored connecting to and working with our spirit guides and helpers (of all kinds), especially those of us here to serve others as healers, guides and teachers, what opens the doorways to this relationship and the devotion required, and lastly some fascinating wisdom about working with dragons in particular - which was illuminating for me personally as you’ll hear, I’d love to know what YOU think about this week’s show. Let’s carry on the conversation…  please leave a comment below. What you’ll learn from this episode: In order to connect to and hear our guides, we need to allow our minds to grow quiet - this could be forms of mindfulness and meditation or nature-based practices as we teach at Waking The Wild Sovereignty and synchronicity stood out to me specifically in relation to dragons but they really are essential to some degree to almost anyone working with spirit in service to others The three phases we spoke about which Caroline likened to Maiden, Mother and Crone, are helpful to be aware of as it shows that we are always guided according to where we are on our path and our specific needs according to the work we’re here to do with others   Resources and stuff that we spoke about Caroline’s Website Follow Caroline in her social media: Facebook: Caroline The Original Dragon Lady Instagram: @caroline_original_dragon_lady Thank you for listening! There’s a fresh episode each week, if you subscribe you’ll receive every show as soon as it's released (that way you’ll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian and Jonathan

This week's show is with Ramon Castellanos. Ramon is the author of the book “The Ancestral Now”, as well as a teacher and facilitator of health-craft, healing alchemy, and ancestral reconnection. Ramon grew up in a household devoted to shamanic traditions connected to the African Diaspora, where he was initiated, and taught how to work with magic from a very young age. As a teenager, he underwent a severe spiritual crisis, spontaneous Kundalini awakening, and later, multiple physical illnesses. He spent ten years living and working at a wolf sanctuary in the Zuni mountains of New Mexico, where his experience of the wilderness and wild animals helped shape his view of the human condition. His own healing led him to work closely with multiple spiritual teachers and he now holds instructor-ship capacity in a variety of systems of internal alchemy. He is an instructor of several energetic systems including, Primordial Alchemy, The Kundalini Awakening Process, and Eight Extraordinary Vessels qigong. In this conversation, Ramon and I explored the ancient function and archetype of the shaman, what it means in a modern context, shamanic sickness, and individualism and collectivism. We’d love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let’s carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below or share in our fb group. What you’ll learn from this episode: As Ramon and my experiences with shamanic sickness showed - they can vary from person to person but will tend to have similar themes of death or near-death, feelings of going crazy, and physical sickness of some kind - and as Ramon said, our culture has no understanding of any of this, which means we suffer the lack of context and meaning Whilst we lack true community in our culture, the role of the shaman only makes sense within a community so those of us called to that function are maybe also called to redream what the role of shaman and community means in this context As we devote to individuation - uniting with our own unique souls - we are able to understand our role in the whole Resources and stuff that we spoke about: Ramon’s book “The Ancestral Now” Ancestral Counseling Beyond Health Coaching Thank you for listening! There’s a fresh episode each week, if you subscribe you’ll receive every show as soon as it's released (that way you’ll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian and Jonathan

This week’s show is with Elizabeth Lovius. Elizabeth Lovius is a Feminine Leadership Mentor who helps women make space for their own healing, wholeness and empowerment. For over 30 years she has worked as a Changemaker, Leadership Coach, Mentor and Social Entrepreneur specialising in giving leaders – especially women – the headspace to let their wisdom lead. She is an international speaker, author and award winning trainer and facilitator. And a poet. When leaders think and feel better, they do better and lead better. Working with Elizabeth, in addition to many years of corporate experience, you get a real human being; a warm connection and a lightness of heart. It is in this space of relaxation, enjoyment and ease – where the magic really happens and women discover what they have been looking for has been there all along - they discover who they truly are at Core. Elizabeth is the Founder of Kindred Spirit Consultancy one of the first 100 Bcorps in the UK where the focus is on business as a force for good – ensuring that business balances the need to create profit with caring for the Planet and the People. Clients include: IBM, itsu, ITV, Pret A Manger, Cook, M&S, Sky, Samsung, and Very. Elizabeth has over 25 years of experience in all sectors (extensive experience in the Hospitality, Food, Media and Retail Sectors), worked with over 100 organisations on their culture, trained, coached and mentored over 10,000 individuals, and has specialised in the unique challenges and opportunities that leaders, especially women leaders face. In this show, Lian and Elizabeth explored the missing archetype in our culture: the Wise Woman, why she’s so needed - now more than ever, and how women post-menopause can bring her back into our bodies, lives, families, and communities. I’d love to know what YOU think about this week’s show. Let’s carry on the conversation…  please leave a comment below. What you’ll learn from this episode: In order to reclaim the Wise Woman, we need to reclaim the woman, the whole of her… which is the reclamation of Fox Woman, the Wild Feminine I absolutely loved what Elizabeth said about the role of the Maven, moving from doing to teaching what you used to do so well. Everyone listens to the Wise Woman as they know she is concerned with what’s good for her whole family or community and her wisdom will benefit all.   Resources and stuff that we spoke about Wise Woman Ways:  In person retreat in Southern Spain November 2023 www.wisewomanways.earth Wise Woman Ways Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/137131428507893 Free Webinar 3 August 10.30AM UK:  WISE WOMAN WAYS - A guided exploration to discover your inner Wise Woman ZOOM REGISTRATION LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvc-utpj0rE9RJiYiUECi-so6WREkoLXFS Leadership Wisdom  Leadership Team Development www.elizabethlovius.com Leadership One to One Retreats and Mentoring http://www.leadershipwisdom.info Blog and Poetry Online Publications  Love belongs in business https://medium.com/love-belongs-in-business Musings and real life stories of Heart Powered Human Leadership Where Presence meets Poetry https://medium.com/where-presence-meets-poetry On being human and divine in all its messy glory Thank you for listening! There’s a fresh episode each week, if you subscribe you’ll receive every show as soon as it's released (that way you’ll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian and Jonathan

All The Everything is Lian’s monthly solo show where she often shares what she’s been creating, consuming, and celebrating before diving deep into a topic inspired or chosen by members of The Wolf Pack. The LIVE making of the show is recorded in our Facebook group and for the first 30mins before Lian hits the record button you are invited to a pre-show party to get up close and personal with Lian and have your questions on the month’s topic answered. To receive a reminder of when the pre-show party and LIVE making of All The Everything is happening, make sure you’re subscribed to our email list and are a member of the Facebook group. All the details you need are HERE! In this episode, Lian dived deep into the topic ‘What is your soul's North Star? And how to hold your vision’, answering questions and sharing the experiences of group members. Resources and stuff that we spoke about: Join Wild Wednesday if you haven’t already: wakingthewild.com/wildwednesday Share in the group what showed up for you listening to this show, including any questions: fb.com/groups/wakingthewild If you want to go deeper then take a look at WTW Medicine Thank you for listening! There’s a fresh episode each week, if you subscribe you’ll receive every show as soon as it's released (that way you’ll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian and Jonathan

This week’s show is with the amazing Elen Sentier. Elen Sentier is a well-known author, coach, and founder of the Power-Full Women Podcast. Elen is a badass coach with a deep connection to the Wild Nature inside us as well as the natural world. Author of 12 books, including three best-sellers, her passions are Connection, Communication and enabling women to make lasting changes in the world. This theme runs through her books and her coaching. Elen founded the Power-Full Women podcast in 2022. The podcast features women change- makers from all over the world who help others find their voice and make a difference. Her guests include businesswomen from many spheres who all have a deep connection with themselves, nature and other people. When not working, Elen actively supports her local wildlife trust and writes for the Mammal Society. She shares her quirky, 16th century farmhouse in Shropshire, UK, with her black witchy cat, a host of wildlife, and her ex-particle physicist husband – she’s had Quantum with the cornflakes for fifty years! Her bragging rights include dancing for Arlene Philips; flying in Jaguar fighter aircraft; doing plasma- physics at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy; and being kissed by Mick Jagger! She loves cats, eats paleo, and her motto is “If the cat and the boyfriend disagree, get rid of the boyfriend!” In today’s show Elen and Lian explored the old magical ways of Britain, what they are, how we can begin to reclaim them - and why you might want to. Much of what we spoke of is also applicable to the land you’re on, even if it’s not Britain. I’d love to know what YOU think about this week’s show. Let’s carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below. What you’ll learn from this episode: The Old Ways are incredibly practical and powerful in our daily lives - because that’s why they were practiced in the first place and survived for so long. Pay attention to the moon cycles, sun cycles and seasons, notice how they affect you and then notice how you can align with them before taking that gnosis out to your family or team Go watch a sunset or a sunrise - treat yourself to the miracle! Resources and stuff that we spoke about: Elen’s Website Follow Elen in Social Media: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/elensentier/ Facebook: Elen Sentier Thank you for listening! There’s a fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you’ll get each new episode delivered to your phone every week automagically (that way you’ll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian and Jonathan

This week's show is with Ramon Castellanos. Ramon is the author of the book “The Ancestral Now”, as well as a teacher and facilitator of health-craft, healing alchemy, and ancestral reconnection. This week's show is with Ramon Castellanos. Ramon was raised in a household devoted to a profound magical tradition stemming from the African Diaspora. Hence, his magical training started in early childhood. Ramon grew up in a household devoted to shamanic traditions connected to the African Diaspora, where he was initiated, and taught how to work with magic from a very young age. As a teenager, he underwent a severe spiritual crisis, spontaneous Kundalini awakening, and later, multiple physical illnesses. He spent ten years living and working at a wolf sanctuary in the Zuni mountains of New Mexico, where his experience of the wilderness and wild animals helped shape his view of the human condition. His own healing led him to work closely with multiple spiritual teachers and he now holds instructor-ship capacity in a variety of systems of internal alchemy. He is an instructor of several energetic systems including, Primordial Alchemy, The Kundalini Awakening Process, and Eight Extraordinary Vessels qigong. In this conversation, Ramon and I explored our culture’s ideas about business and money, what many of us are being called to in terms of understanding our role in those conditioned ideas that are so different to our cultural heritage, and how we can create our businesses more intentionally and with gnosis of the spiritual reality underpinning all of it. We’d love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let’s carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below or share in our fb group. What you’ll learn from this episode: We have very little idea of true community in our modern culture, raised as we have been in our own ‘bordered farms’, it’s no wonder we approach business from such a fearful, individualistic perspective. I loved the honesty with which Ramon spoke of his pain about the way he would be left to suffer if he could no longer be productive, and how he can now see this has driven him to participate in modern business systems the way he has - this is the reality for almost all of us, if we are to be truly honest with ourselves. With compassion and devotion to doing the deepest work, we can create something that honours our innate interconnection with everything in a modern context - if you’re listening to this conversation and feel resonance with what we spoke about then perhaps you’re meant to be part of that creation. Resources and stuff that we spoke about: Previous Episode with Ramon: Is it time for you to reclaim your birthright of magical reality? Ramon’s book “The Ancestral Now” Ancestral Counseling Beyond Health Coaching Reach out to Terje via Telegram   Thank you for listening! There’s a fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you’ll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Wild Wednesday (that way you’ll never miss a show): Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian and Jonathan