The Wild Minds Podcast

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What if wild, not domesticated, should be our normal instead of factory-farmed lives? What if you could cultivate fulfilling lives and contribute to a healthy natural world? The Wild Minds podcast is brought to you by me, Marina Robb, an author, entrepreneur, Forest School and Nature-based Trainer and Consultant, and pioneer in developing Green programmes for the Mental Health service in the UK. I am the founder of Circle of Life Rediscovery CIC and The Outdoor Teacher and creator of practical online Forest School and nature-based training for people working in mental health, education and business. Tune in for interviews, insights, cutting-edge and actionable approaches to help you to improve your relationship with yourself, others, and the natural world. Music by Geoff Robb

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Wrapping up Season 4: Love, Grief, and the Call for Ecocide Law

Apr 28 2024 28 mins  
Episode 32 is the last episode in Season 4! Marina is pulling together some of her thoughts about the last few weeks, and Season 5 will begin on 17th June.In this Episode Marina discusses: What's Ecocide and Why Does It Matter? (https://www.stopecocide.earth/become)How may our hidden School curriculum shape environmental connection? The educational value of stones, leaves, mud and

Exploring Education & Unschooling

Apr 21 2024 54 mins  
In Episode 31, My guest Clare Caro and I get to explore if the ‘recipe of school’ is synonymous with education. Clare works as a co-director of the social enterprise Root-and-Branch Out, and with the local home-educating community. We dive into:What is home education and Unschooling (coined by John Holt)?·        Is it legal to home

There Is Nothing Irrational About Emotions!

Apr 14 2024 27 mins  
In Episode 30, Marina is exploring how we exile certain feelings to our unconscious, and how much we need them back, when we are ready, to be able to feel our grief and to avoid looking for relief in distractions, buying things, blaming others, so that we don’t abandon our own wild dreams and values. Humans are certainly very complex, and I am very interested in how our supp

The Radical Act of Warmth in an Avoidant-Attachment Culture

Apr 07 2024 48 mins  
My guest today is neuroscience educator, Sarah Peyton, who is an author, an international constellations facilitator, Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication, and someone who has spent many years integrating constellations, brain science and the use of resonant language to heal trauma.In this episode we dive into:Flight and fight and a less known distress response ‘alarmed

Developing Our Inner Compass Through Relationships With The Non-Human World

Mar 31 2024 26 mins  
In Episode 28, Marina is feeling more reflective as she revisits some of the themes from her conversation with Peter Owen Jones last week.In this Episode Marina contemplates:A sense of sanctuary and intimacy with the non-human world, and ‘place’.The celebration of springtime and how the greening of our land informs our practice.The inner compass that pulls us home and helps us

The Seduction of Order

Mar 24 2024 44 mins  
My guest today is Peter Owen Jones, who is an ecological thinker and activist, as well as a celebrated BBC TV presenter.In this episode we dive into:Are your dancing days ever done?What gets sacrificed for order?Melancholia as a teacherPlug into love as our main human job.The call of the religions of love and similarities rather than differences – are our hearts different?Jesus a

Behaviour is Communication

Mar 17 2024 25 mins  
In Episode 26, Marina looks at: The importance of knowing that our behaviour does not really reflect what is going on internally and that most of the time we are not aware of our how our unmet needs are fuelling the behaviour that we need support for, not punishment.Behaviour is an outward expressions of feelings, thoughts, needs and intentions (see Alfie Kohn’s work).How do we w

Why Love Matters

Mar 10 2024 54 mins  
To kick off Season 4, Marina is speaking with Jon Cree, who is the co-author of their book, “The Essential Guide to Forest School and Nature Pedagogy”.  They dive into:What underpins a healthy model of education?How love really is an essential ingredient.A new model of partnership rather than dominationDiscovering wholehearted learningThe role of love and understanding our

Why is Experiential Learning Needed in Education

Jan 21 2024 30 mins  
In Episode 24, Marina looks at: Our mind's potentialWhat is your Ecological Niche?Embracing the Nature-Centric Model.Choosing where to direct your attention.Fostering a quieter mind.Action as an antidote to anxiety.Humans as net contributors.What is the next moment of experience?Show Notes:https://theoutdoorteacher.com/podcasts/episode-24-why-is-experiential-learning-needed-in-e

Beyond Modernity Eco-Systemic and Tentacular Thinking

Jan 14 2024 60 mins  
Season 3, Episode 23: In this week's podcast, I'm chatting to Roger Duncan, an eco-systemic psychotherapist within the NHS. For over 30 years, he worked within the nature therapy world, was one of the pioneer tutors of the Ruskin Mill Education Trust, is a wilderness passage guide and developed a UK based Eco-psychotherapy course called 'Reclaiming our Indigenous Relationship with