Inner Peace & Other Cool Shit

About Inner Peace & Other Cool Shit

Why do we feel so overwhelmed, anxious, disconnected and lost...and what does that have to do with what's happening on our planet? This show explores the hidden connections and deeper patterns that are forming our inner struggles and the wider crises unfolding around us. From mental health to ecological collapse, productivity culture to planetary grief, from burnout to reconnection, join me to poke around in the stories, systems and patterns shaping this extraordinary time... ...and then let's riff on what becomes possible when we stop pretending it’s fine and feel the feels. Your host is me: Siobhán Friel. I'm a mental health practitioner, a Work That Reconnects facilitator and I was probably a lavender plant in a past life. This podcast offers a way to make sense of your inner and outer world, especially if you were shaped by capitalism (like me) and not by a lineage of ecological literacy, love and wisdom. You haven't missed the boat. There are many boats and this is one. Get in.

Publisher

Siobhán Friel

Category

health & fitness · religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

15 Feb 2022

Latest episode

9 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

102 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Nov 2025

   🏕️ Back in 2026: Gone Bush 🏞️

   Gone Bush is a legitimate phrase (and complete sentence) in Aotearoa New Zealand. The In Our Nature podcast will be back for another season in 2026. If you want the usual extra, winding context about this choice and what it means for my personal development as a working person under the narratives of productivity so cherished by the dominant culture, the impact on my membership of the web of life, and how this affects my philosophical understanding of the times of unravelling we live am...

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   4 Nov 2025

   Coming Together to Go Forth: Molly Brown on Activism & the Work That Reconnects

   Today I'm joined by the wise, generous, and captivating Molly Brown: author, facilitator, and long-time practioner of The Work That Reconnects (among many other roles and passions) This one is for those among us feeling the weight of these times. For those who may be tired (so tired) but still yearning to serve this beautiful earth. It’s for those who need a different way to think about their role in our planetary moment of extraordinary uncertainty. It’s for the earthlings who care (an...

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   2 Oct 2025

   Seeing with New & Ancient Eyes: Astrology & the Work That Reconnects

   This is the final part of our short interlude exploring the archetypical language of astrology in the context of our time of extraordinary planetary upheaval. In part one, we explored astrology as a language of nature and why it's scorned and dismissed (giveway: because it would collapse the economy, no, really). That can be found here: This Ancient Language of Nature Has Much to Say About Our Time of Unravelling In part two we explore astrology as cyclical and ecological, seeing ...

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