Show Notes
You've heard of swales… but what about swales in the brain to slow and deepen our human experience? Join me and Cecilia Macaulay for one of those special convos that gets to the heart of life's gnarliest struggles; our biggest messes, our greatest failures, our everyday chaos… and uses permaculture design to harness their power.
This episode will particularly chime with "forgetful, distractible" types, clutter accumulators, chaos agents, overwhelm junkies, and anyone with a hunch that a few elegant household systems could MASSIVELY increase their effectiveness in the world.
WE COVER
Insane wisdom from Bill Mollison
Meeting Masanobu Fukuoka
The FIVE RULES OF HARMONIOUS PERMIE SHAREHOUSES
Japanese rules of Non-Complaint and Taking Full Responsibility
Growing an enduring permaculture spirit
How to become a world expert in a tiny little thing
Creating a failure protocol
Upward spirals
Permaculture for heartbreak
Being an effective human later in life
More than medication for neurodiversity
The connection between untidy houses and trauma
Making your kitchen sink a shrine to beauty and goodness
Setting a household culture using mirror neurons
The eco-footprint of university
STOP AWFULISING!
Permaculture zones in the home
Why to share what's spare
STOP COLONISING CREATIVE VOID!
Expanding the edges of our gifts and talents
Beautiful messcapes
Knolling
What "can't be bothered" really codes for
How to use imagination to improve your memory
🧙♀️ LINKY POOS 🧙♀️
Cecilia's home on the web [https://www.ceciliamacaulay.com.au/]
Cecilia's nine month home harmonising project [https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-home-that-loves-you-back-9-month-guided-home-harmonising-project-registration-1981827693982]
The Edible Balcony Garden ~ Indira Naidoo
Sand Talk ~ Tyson Yunkaporta
Screen Zen App
WWOOF, HelpX & Workaway
Polyvagal theory
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Thanks to kangaroovindaloo for the singing bowls [https://freesound.org/s/618079/]: License: Attribution 4.0
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