Work/Rest Balance with Koren Helbig
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06/10/24 • 73 min
Many of you have requested interviews with folks who are making beautiful nests in less-than-perfect contexts, like the city. Who haven’t flown off to Planet Permaculture but are sticking with modern civilisation. You’ve asked to explore the personal terrain of chronic pain, limited energy and neurodivergence; highlighting radical self compassion as the necessary first step in the radical reimagining of everything.
And so I reached out to Koren Helbig, a restful role model for our times.
If you don’t know Koren, she’s a digital marketing strategist and journalist based in Tarntanya/Adelaide. She shares stories of gardening and climate positive futures for publications like the ABC and the guardian, and top quality fluffy poultry content over on instagram.
I’ve been watching Koren’s work from afar for ages, half envious and wholly admiring of her ability to weave permaculture principles throughout her entire life, from how she grows food, connects with neighbours, pays the mortgage and runs her business to — as I discovered in this conversation — deliberately building rest and reflection and fallowing into her schedule. Best of all, Koren is a real and warm human who exudes a quiet brilliance. I loved spending time with her, and know you will too.
The Art of Frugal Hedonism ~ Annie Raser-Rowland & Adam Grubb
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Kirstin Neff ~ Self Compassion
Beyond Climate Grief ~ Jonica Newby
Many of you have requested interviews with folks who are making beautiful nests in less-than-perfect contexts, like the city. Who haven’t flown off to Planet Permaculture but are sticking with modern civilisation. You’ve asked to explore the personal terrain of chronic pain, limited energy and neurodivergence; highlighting radical self compassion as the necessary first step in the radical reimagining of everything.
And so I reached out to Koren Helbig, a restful role model for our times.
If you don’t know Koren, she’s a digital marketing strategist and journalist based in Tarntanya/Adelaide. She shares stories of gardening and climate positive futures for publications like the ABC and the guardian, and top quality fluffy poultry content over on instagram.
I’ve been watching Koren’s work from afar for ages, half envious and wholly admiring of her ability to weave permaculture principles throughout her entire life, from how she grows food, connects with neighbours, pays the mortgage and runs her business to — as I discovered in this conversation — deliberately building rest and reflection and fallowing into her schedule. Best of all, Koren is a real and warm human who exudes a quiet brilliance. I loved spending time with her, and know you will too.
The Art of Frugal Hedonism ~ Annie Raser-Rowland & Adam Grubb
Holistic Decision Making with Dan Palmer
Kirstin Neff ~ Self Compassion
Beyond Climate Grief ~ Jonica Newby
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Vinyl For Climate with Lauren + Oberon Carter
Did you know that women represent less than one third of artists in the music industry? And just 12.6% of songwriters? I’m quoting my guests here, Lauren and Oberon Carter of Spiral Garden and, lately, Suffragette Records in Hobart, Lutruwita.
Suffragette Records stocks music made by women only, not for the sake of exclusion but to rebalance the scales. Because who and what we listen to patterns our thinking, beliefs, communities and civilization. When women aren’t part of our cultural soundscape, we miss out on stories and messages and melodic teachings from a whole portion of the population.
I was delighted to unpack Lauren + Oberon’s new-ish adventures in vinyl, how the’ve embedded permaculture ethics into their business, the day to day experience of running a record shop as a family of five, and the heartfelt chats they’re having with old dudes about music, climate change, the matriarchy and everything in between.
- Lauren + Oberon’s home on the web ~ Spiral Garden
- Lauren + Oberon’s record store ~ Suffragette Records
- Spiral Garden’s Substack
- Suffragette Records on the gram
Julia Jacklin ~ Don’t Let The Kids Win - Joni Mitchell ~ Court + Spark
- Vandana Shiva
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Voluntary Extinction with Annie Raser-Rowland
Would you pick up a schoolkid’s half eaten apple and eat it?
Annie Raser-Rowland would, while shining a lopsided smile to passersby.
Annie is the radical wordsmith behind the bestselling The Art Of Frugal Hedonism and The Weed Forager’s Handbook, co-authored with the equally-and-proudly-as-stingy Adam Grubb.
This is one helluva conversation that covers:
🌟Why to be even weirder
🌟Rubbing frugality pheromones on your significant other
🌟Starting work at 3am
🌟Engaging teenage goth mode to deal with chronic health challenges
🌟Embracing voluntary extinction
🌟Leaving room for the more-than-human
🌟The plight of a brushtail possum in our wall.
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🧙♀️LINKY POOS
The Art of Frugal Hedonism (revised edition!)
Permaculture Principles ~ who sell ethically published books and have a wealth of free educational materials.
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