Looby Macnamara is the creator of the Design Web, which is used into our new Mothers as Natural Leaders book to weave the threads of the book togther into a useful design for your own leadership path. Looby shares about some of her own designs and how you can build your familiarity with the Design Web, so that it becomes a useful resource in your life. Sign up to the Mother Nature newsletter to get a FREE download of the book https://mothernatureproject.org/home To find out more about the Design Web and Looby's books, CEED deck and courses visit https://cultural-emergence.com/the-design-web/ Disclaimer:The Mother Nature Project is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Looby Macnamara shares about her journey of weaving her personal culture during menopause. She reads extracts from the book as well as sharing her stories about honouring her menopause journey and how you might do that yourself. Sign up to our Mother Nature newsletter for the free PDF download of our new book Mothers as Natural Leaders. www.mothernatureproject.org Looby Macnamara is a permaculture teacher and author. She lives and runs courses at Applewood Permaculture Centre, Herefordshire, UK. She is co-founder of the Cultural Emergence project with Jon Young. She has been part of the Mother Nature project since it began in 2017. Her books are People & Permaculture, Cultural Emergence, 7 Ways to Think Differently and Strands of Infinity. You can find out more and get signed copies from her direct on https://cultural-emergence.com/shop/ Details of the Menopause ceremony day with Looby and Ruth Cato https://www.ruthcato.com/menopauseceremony Disclaimer:The Mother Nature Project is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Managing time for our own self care as mothers is an ongoing challenge. Here Looby shares some ideas about how we can do that more easily in our everyday lives. She also shares a song related to this, and an activity using the Design Web from the process of creating our own leadership design which features in our forthcoming book - Mothers as Natural Leaders. For a free PDF download of our book sign up to our newsletter at www.mothernatureproject.org You can find out more about the Design Web here https://cultural-emergence.com/the-design-web/ and get my books People & Permaculture and Cultural Emergence - both of which feature the Design Web which I created here https://cultural-emergence.com/shop/ The song I shared is Feel Better by Pacia Platzek on Lisa Littlebird's song list -boots on the ground, skin on the line. I highly recommend getting hold of the whole playlist. https://thebirdsings.com/boots/

Nature connection specialist Jon Young joins Looby Macnamara, to talk about how we can encourage nature connection with our children. Looby reads an extract from the forthcoming 'Mothers as Natural Leaders' book. And then Jon and Looby share some wisdom and experience about finding 'motivating' species, the value of aunties and uncles, and how to motivate ourselves and the big question about how to motivate our teenagers with nature connection. Sign up to our Mother Nature newsletter www.mothernatureproject.org See website for details of our free Mother Nature workshop 14th November in Hereford, UK. Looby & Jon Young have collaborated for years on the Cultural Emergence project, with plenty of more information about becoming more nature connected. There is also more activities in the Mother Nature guidebook. To buy the Mother Nature guidebook and first card deck and Looby's books see https://cultural-emergence.com/shop/ Artwork by Eszter Laszlo Disclaimer:The Mother Nature Project is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

The concept of circles of concern and influence was introduced by Steven Covey in his book 7 habits of highly effective people. It feels highly relevant and useful in these times of global turmoil. Looby shares some more extracts from the forthcoming book "Mothers as Natural Leaders". Looby first wrote about this in her book People & Permaculture. Please sign up for our newsletter to be the first to get our free book. www.mothernatureproject.org To buy the Mother Nature guidebook and first card deck and Looby's books see https://cultural-emergence.com/shop/ Artwork by Eszter Laszlo from the new Mother Nature leadership deck. Disclaimer:The Mother Nature Project is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Looby reads some extracts from the forthcoming Mothers as Natural Leaders book. Looby shares about the power of stories, the belief cycle, owning our leadership stories and family stories. There is also an activity that is part of the design for our leadership paths using the Design Web which was created by Looby. Join our newsletter for the free PDF download of the book. www.mothernatureproject.org For Looby's books People and Permaculture and Cultural Emergence which explore more about storytelling, storycatching and the Design Web see https://cultural-emergence.com/shop/ Join our FREE online and in person Mother Nature workshops to meet Looby and Emma and find out more about our project and all the amazing things we have been doing. Online - 27th Oct 10-12am BST In person 14th November 10-3pm Hereford, UK. For more details and to register https://mothernatureproject.org/home Artwork by Eszter Laszlo from the Mother Nature Journey card deck. Disclaimer:The Mother Nature Project is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Take some time out to relax and enjoy Looby's poetry from her book Strands of Infinity. Looby guides us through a deep relaxation and into some poetry to empower us and restore our spirits. Looby Macnamara is a permaculture and Cultural Emergence teacher and author, as well as mother and poet. Her books, including her poetry book Strands of Infinity are available direct from her at https://cultural-emergence.com/shop/⁠ Sign up to the Mother Nature newsletter for latest podcast episodes and to be informed of the release of our forthcoming book - Mothers As Natural Leaders https://mothernatureproject.org/home We are hosting 2 free Mother Nature workshops in October - one in person in Hereford, UK on 24th Oct, and one online 26th Oct. To find out more and register see www.mothernatureproject.org Disclaimer:The Mother Nature Project is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Napping comes naturally to me, but to many it doesn't at all. After many friends said to me - 'it's a skill I wish I had', I have thought more about how to nap well and in this episode share some tips for doing that. The Mother Nature principle -'it's good to do nothing' is our main guidance for this episode. We are hosting 2 free Mother Nature workshops in October - one in person in Hereford, UK on 24th Oct, and one online 26th Oct. To find out more and register see www.mothernatureproject.org The Mother Nature project is kindly funded by Erasmus+ Disclaimer:The Mother Nature Project is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

In this episode I share an activity from our forthcoming book "Mothers as Natural Leaders". This activity supports us to have quick routes to bring us back into a place of personal peace using the elements. Enjoy this bite size episode. The poem at the end is called Molecules and is from my book Strands of Infinity available direct from me here https://cultural-emergence.com/shop/ Join our Mother Nature mailing list for latest podcasts and to be notified when we release our new book. https://mothernatureproject.org/ Beautiful cover art by Eszter Laszlo from our forthcoming card deck. Gratitude to our funder Erasmus Plus. Disclaimer:The Mother Nature Project is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Welcome to Season 3 of the Mother Nature podcast with a new style of pocket podcasts - easy to find the time to listen, bite size inspirations for us all. In this episode Looby Macnamara (your host for the season) shares some of the thinking in our forthcoming book - Mothers as Natural Leaders. Why do we shy away from the term leadership, and how we can turn that around and embrace ourselves as regenerative feminine leadership. To sign up to our newsletter for the latest episodes and to be the first to know when we release our free book, and for in person and online courses visit www.mothernatureproject.org Disclaimer:The Mother Nature Project is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.