Show Notes
What would a life without rushing look and feel like?
It’s hard to imagine, right? In this episode of The Modern Mammal, Molly explores her own long relationship to urgency. She traces how that pattern can be deeply adaptive in short windows of time—and how it becomes something very different (and unintentionally self-harming) when it turns into a chronic way of living. How do we then ‘do life’ without fixing, figuring out, finishing, or solving everything right now? Instead of pushing harder, she explores a different posture to the all that is—and how that can change everything. And then there's the bigger question: What happens when we apply this to a world that actually is urgent? Climate change. AI. Political violence. Collective uncertainty. Slowing down doesn't mean checking out. It can mean becoming receptive enough to notice what you couldn't see while you were frantically trying to solve everything yourself. Drawing on Bayo Akomolafe’s words, “The times are urgent. Let us slow down,” this episode asks what slowing down might make possible—not only in our individual lives, but in how we meet an increasingly fast and uncertain world.
You’ll Learn How urgency becomes a pattern in the nervous system Why slowing down can feel uncomfortable at first What it means to lean back instead of constantly pushing forward How to become more receptive to unexpected answers Why you need space and quiet to hear your own “whispers” A simple practice for slowing your body down in real time How to build more capacity for pauses
The Modern Mammal is a podcast about becoming more human in an increasingly accelerated world—reclaiming attention, listening to the body, and finding a way to move through modern life with vitality and alongside-ness.
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Molly Caro May bridges neuroscience, story-weaving, and the relational field to support people to inhabit their full body mammal intelligence despite (and because of) the Modern Digital Era. Known for her warmth, straight-talk and emphatic expression, she is here to shine a light on what is possible for humans as we stand at this shared crossroads. She is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, author of two acclaimed literary memoirs, devotee of attention, creator of The Modern Mammal Framework and had led thousands of people through her transformational workshops and retreats for two decades. No, she isn't anti-tech, but she is pro-responsibility and believes in the importance of developing sacred discernment.
The Modern Mammal Podcast is a combination of WEEKLY raw Solo episodes that offer real-time practicing and clear ways to reclaim yourself in this era plus unscripted, lively interviews with thinkers, makers, and practitioners who are asking the same question: how do we stay human in a world moving too fast?
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