Turning Season Episode 10: The Choice to Re-Wild (with Claire Dunn)
Click Play at turningseason.com/episode10 (or find Turning Season Podcast on any podcast platform) to hear my entire conversation with Claire Dunn, the founder of Nature’s Apprentice.
I knew that in conversation with Claire – who lived alone in the bush for a year, spent almost a decade in grassroots environmental activism, has authored two books, and facilitates vision quests, re-wilding, and the Work that Reconnects – there would be so many directions we might go. And that was even before I found out she loves dreamwork.
Though our time went by quickly, it was a delight to find such depth and richness in our wander. Listen in to hear us talk about
- what Claire loves (there are flying foxes…) and what breaks her heart
- her path from childhood on a farm, to an eco-awakening as a young adult, becoming an activist, and then devoting herself to re-wilding
- the choice to change her focus from “holding actions” (protecting forest and marine ecosystems) to “shift in consciousness” work
- Claire’s time in the bush, practicing the skills of survival, and surrendering to the unknown
- a recent dream of mine (and being “enlivened by uncertainty”)
- and how healing the rift between ourselves and the more-than-human world brings each of us into deeper contact with ourselves, fostering “a culture of initiated adults” who can bring their own gifts to the world.
(Originally published at turningseason.com/episode10)