Episode 65 - Choosing Wholistic Nature over Corporate Culture - with Rimi Chakraborty
01/18/24 • 73 min
When Rimi and her husband chose to 'Take the Leap', it didn't seem TOO difficult. Leaving a good corporate job with a decent nest egg and opening an island retreat center in the Azores seemed relatively safe.
Everything sounds good in theory. In your living room in Massachusetts.
However, things can go south in a hurry when 'island time' and contractors and language barriers all combine into a perfect storm. That living room feeling can seem impossibly far away.
Hard times show us who we are inside, but they can also just be SO hard to navigate, and there are many who lose their way when the chips are down.
In this episode, Rimi shares her story of resilience, of reinvention of self and heart, and the power of creativity and healing that led to her development of amazing Retreats that combine nature, yoga, island cuisine and deep renewal. Black sand beaches, hot springs, volcanic energy and local foods and fruits all work a powerful magic that she harnesses to point in a different direction for our lives, one that can have a lasting impact on all of us for generations.
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Website: https://www.minuvida.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rimichakra_/?hl=en
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Rootsilience Book: https://www.rootsilience.com/book
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rimi.chakraborty/
Leadership Mastermind (free): https://www.rootsilience.com/courses/mastermind
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When Rimi and her husband chose to 'Take the Leap', it didn't seem TOO difficult. Leaving a good corporate job with a decent nest egg and opening an island retreat center in the Azores seemed relatively safe.
Everything sounds good in theory. In your living room in Massachusetts.
However, things can go south in a hurry when 'island time' and contractors and language barriers all combine into a perfect storm. That living room feeling can seem impossibly far away.
Hard times show us who we are inside, but they can also just be SO hard to navigate, and there are many who lose their way when the chips are down.
In this episode, Rimi shares her story of resilience, of reinvention of self and heart, and the power of creativity and healing that led to her development of amazing Retreats that combine nature, yoga, island cuisine and deep renewal. Black sand beaches, hot springs, volcanic energy and local foods and fruits all work a powerful magic that she harnesses to point in a different direction for our lives, one that can have a lasting impact on all of us for generations.
Connect with Rimi:
Website: https://www.minuvida.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rimichakra_/?hl=en
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/minuvida_azores/
Rootsilience Book: https://www.rootsilience.com/book
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rimi.chakraborty/
Leadership Mastermind (free): https://www.rootsilience.com/courses/mastermind
Join the Forest Educator Patreon!
https://patreon.com/ForestEducatorPodcast
Connect with Ricardo:
https://www.foresteducator.com/
https://www.theforestboxforkids.com/
Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardo-sierra-5980931/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/the_forest_educator_podcast/
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Episode 64 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Swamp Stories
If there is one area in nature that many people 'fear to tread', it's wetlands, bogs and swamps. These areas are difficult to traverse, especially if you are afraid to get dirty. There are mosquitoes. There are snapping turtles. Water snakes slither under the banks, and great blue herons stalk frogs along the lily pads. There is often a rich, moist smell of decaying leaves, tree bark and plants that a lot of people find objectionable.
I get it. We're used to clean environments, fabric softener scented clothing and staying dry in today's world. That's understandable and it makes sense.
These estuaries, marshes and beaver flooded woods are filled with incredible wildlife, plants that amaze. They are incredible learning environments that I've come to love.
These are some of my adventures amongst the cattails, reeds and sawgrass.
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Episode 66 - Forest Educator Spotlight: Ethical Dilemmas in Forest Education
Ethical dilemmas happen when we are faced with situations where all of the options have conflicts with our morals or personal philosophy or beliefs. In Forest Education, this happens around a number of issues, like employee compensation, or wildcrafting resources, or program pricing.
Thirty years ago, I faced these issues alone, and did the best I could, as you will hear in this episode, but in today's digital world, we have new resources and connections and networks so we don't have to navigate them on our own. We have new program models, other directors and leaders who can share their own choices and how they worked out, as well as best practices and more.
We face many challenges in our world today, and it's a given that as Forest Education grows, it will be filled with more and more dilemmas and philosophical crossroads. My hope is that these challenges will lead to new and growing diversities of opportunities for parents, adults, teens and communities. I can personally attest that it's much more enjoyable and productive to work through them with a group of experienced peers than to face them on our own.
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