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We Are Already Free

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by Nathan Maingard

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These are heartfelt conversations with people living their authentic selves, and inspiring us along the way. Hosted by Nathan Maingard (troubadour, guide, and storyteller), this is a home for anyone who feels the quiet pressure to be 'fine', to be impressive, to always have the answer, to get it right… while something deeper is simply asking for honesty, and knowing that you are already enough. Some guests come from corporate worlds, some have never touched them. Some are lifelong hippies, some are high performers, and many are everything in between. The throughline is the same: people with a textured life, choosing integrity over image, and learning to bypass the debilitating pursuit of perfection long enough to be real. For some listeners, this speaks directly to the loneliness of success: the heavy crown, the weight of high-stakes decisions, the strange feeling of arriving and still being hungry, meaning beyond the job, and relationships that don’t feel transactional. This podcast is a space where the unsaid can become shareable, where you can hear yourself more clearly, like a mirror with the dirt wiped off. Expect inspiring stories, laughter, tenderness, and the kind of listening that makes you feel less alone. New episodes when the conversation is truly ready. Available wherever you listen.

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December 26, 2025

A heartfelt update for you, from me

<html><p>Things are changing. Some things are still the same. This is your invitation to journey with me.</p><p>Hey beautiful humans. Here’s a fireside 'state of all the things' check-in from me to you.</p><p>If you’ve got 1000 tabs open in your mind, and you’re trying to be 'enough', be consistent, and not lose yourself in the process… this one’s for you.</p><h3>Links I mentioned:</h3><ul><li><p><strong>Keri Nola episode:</strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/money-mindset-on-146065263?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link" target="_blank">Money Mindset (with Keri Nola)</a></p></li><li><p><strong>Heart Essence Song (“Wild, Wild Woman”):</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKuEFd-9TIo" target="_blank">Watch on YouTube</a></p></li><li><p><strong>Podcast feed (audio):</strong> <a href="https://nathan.live/podcast" target="_blank">https://nathan.live/podcast</a></p></li></ul><h3>A gentle invitation</h3><p>If this landed, I’d love to hear from you: <strong>what line (or moment) landed most?</strong></p><p>If you’re new here, you can follow for free on Patreon. If you’d like to support the work and stay close, you’re warmly invited to become a patron.</p><p><a href="https://nathan.live/podcast" target="_blank">https://nathan.live/podcast</a></p></html>

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December 18, 2025

The Organic Path, Self-Abandonment, and Reuniting Men & Women | Rachelle Seliga (Innate Traditions)

<html><p>Your body whispers, “This isn’t working...” And the world keeps shouting, “More speed. More screens. More 'fixing' yourself.”</p><p>In this episode of The Conscious Misfit (previously We Are Already Free), midwife and cultural weaver Rachelle Seliga and I sit right inside that tension. We talk about the fork in the road we’re living through: the pull toward the synthetic path (top-down control, distracted escape, 'playing God') and the pull back toward biology, nature, and embodied truth.</p><p>This is not a 'guru episode'. It’s two humans trying to tell the truth in real time... including the grief, the loneliness, and the very unsexy reality of what it can cost to stop self‑abandoning and live what we say we want.</p><p><strong>About Rachelle Seliga</strong></p><p>Rachelle Seliga is a devoted Mother and Midwife whose work is dedicated to midwifing a cultural shift - where our innate wisdom, personal authority and the sanctity of Life are honoured and centred. Her legacy work is INNATE Postpartum Care - Certification Training, which teaches the global postpartum tradition of "Physiologic Postpartum Care,” the unifying tradition etched into the blood and bone of postpartum women. Rachelle lives and works from the understanding that our physiologic design IS our divine design, which IS our blueprint, which ARE our original instructions. These different ways to say the SAME thing acknowledge that there is an order, a structure, a map to LIFE that supersedes human will; it is Nature's Design.</p><p><strong>Topics Covered:</strong></p><ul><li><p>The 'bifurcation' we’re living through: technology + disembodiment vs the Organic Path (biology, nature, embodied truth).</p></li><li><p>What truth in the body actually means, and how to track it when your mind is loud.</p></li><li><p><strong>Self‑abandonment</strong>: the subtle ways it shows up, and what can happen when you stop doing it (including the destructive side of creation).</p></li><li><p>Ceremony vs paraphernalia: why powerful experiences can still leave your life unchanged without integration.</p></li><li><p>Loneliness, sovereignty, and the slow work of re‑villaging (without collapsing into codependence).</p></li><li><p>Why Rachelle believes the future depends on women and men remembering: we need each other.</p></li><li><p>Stay to the end for: Rachelle’s vision for <strong>Rights of Reunion</strong>, a gathering to bring women and men back into honest partnership.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><ul><li><p>Website: <a href="https://InnateTraditions.com" target="_blank">InnateTraditions.com</a></p></li><li><p><strong>LIVE EVENT on Friday 19 Dec: Ceremony, Menarche and Culture Creation….weaving together her experiences of midwifery, Mothering, ceremony and culture work - </strong><strong><a href="https://www.innatetraditions.com/Ceremony-Menarche-Culture-Creation" target="_blank">https://www.innatetraditions.com/Ceremony-Menarche-Culture-Creation</a></strong></p></li><li><p>Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/innatetraditions" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/innatetraditions</a></p></li><li><p>Rachelle’s trainings mentioned: <strong>INNATE Postpartum Care</strong> and <strong>Physiologic Baby Care</strong></p></li><li><p>Project: <strong>Rights of Reunion</strong> (Rachelle mentions a likely in‑person gathering in September 2026)</p></li></ul><h3>⭐ <strong>Support the Podcast &amp; Access the Bonus Chat</strong> ⭐</h3><p><strong>PLEASE NOTE:</strong> I’ve just moved this podcast over to <strong>Patreon as the new host</strong>. So you’ll see this episode as a post on Patreon if you follow me here. You can also listen in your usual podcast app: just search for <strong>The Conscious Misfit</strong> wherever you listen.</p><h3>The Patron‑Only Bonus (the “private juicy bits”)</h3><p>After the main conversation, Rachelle and I drop into a deep and raw bonus segment that felt like ceremony: https://nathan.live/patreon</p><p><strong>We talk about:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Why it can be <u>way easier</u> to 'hold space' than to be a partner and a parent in real life.</p></li><li><p><strong>My private birth story with our daughter Honey:</strong> a long labour, an emergency, and the practice of how we hold (and speak about) experiences that weren’t the dream… but became medicine.</p></li><li><p>What actually changes a potentially traumatic experience into something integrating: <strong>the quality of support</strong> (and why men need support too, not just responsibility).</p></li><li><p>The 'humble pie' of birth and parenting... and the relief of letting go of righteousness and just being human.</p></li><li><p>Joy, ministry, worship as worthiness, and the practice of singing even when “no one comes.”</p></li><li><p>And we end by getting into the frequency of joy with a live song: <strong>Sway With Me.</strong></p></li></ul><p>If these conversations are medicine for you, become a <strong>co‑creator</strong> of the podcast. Your support keeps this show free from chasing algorithms and advertisers, so I can focus on sharing what’s true, grounded, and genuinely of service.</p><p><strong>Become a Patron to hear the bonus chat and co‑create the show:</strong></p><p><a href="https://nathan.live/patreon" target="_blank">https://nathan.live/patreon</a></p><p>Shoutout to Maria, Brian, Dusky, Martin, Kellie, Trinia, Cassandra, and all the other co‑creators on Patreon. This happens thanks to you. Thank you.</p><p></p></html>

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November 18, 2025

Why I Changed The Podcast Name: The Conscious Misfit Story

<p>Welcome to the very first episode of the Conscious Misfit Podcast! It’s farewell We Are Already Free and hello new vibe!</p><p>In this episode, I get real about why I changed the podcast’s name, what it means to be a conscious misfit, and how I’m learning to show up with more authenticity (and a lot less perfectionism🤪). I open up about my struggles with unethical marketing, the pressure to fit into society’s boxes, and the relief of finding a more human, heart-centred way to connect and share.</p><p><strong>Listen to learn:</strong></p><p>* The story behind the name change from “We Are Already Free” to “The Conscious Misfit”</p><p>* What it means to be a conscious misfit in a world that often feels upside down</p><p>* Letting go of perfectionism and embracing our weirdness</p><p>* My journey with ethical marketing and learning from <a target="_blank" href="http://marketingforhippies.com">Marketing for Hippies</a></p><p>* How to navigate self-worth, fear of judgment, and the call to share your gifts</p><p>* The future of the podcast, upcoming guests, and a new experiment with ‘practice episodes’ to help you integrate what our guests share</p><p>If you’re a creative, a healer, a free thinker, or just someone who’s never quite fit into the mainstream, this episode is for you. We are the conscious misfits: people who are ready to live authentically, question the status quo, and bring their unique gifts to the world.</p><p>Thank you for being here. I’m honoured to walk this path with you. If you resonate with this episode, please leave a comment or connect with me at <a target="_blank" href="http://nathanmaingard.com">nathanmaingard.com</a>. Many blessings on your journey!</p><p>Ciao for now,Nathan</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://wearealreadyfree.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">wearealreadyfree.substack.com</a>

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What is We Are Already Free?

These are heartfelt conversations with people living their authentic selves, and inspiring us along the way.

Hosted by Nathan Maingard (troubadour, guide, and storyteller), this is a home for anyone who feels the quiet pressure to be 'fine', to be impressive, to always have the answer, to get it right… while something deeper is simply asking for honesty, and knowing that you are already enough.

Some guests come from corporate worlds, some have never touched them. Some are lifelong hippies, some are high performers, and many are everything in between. The throughline is the same: people with a textured life, choosing integrity over image, and learning to bypass the debilitating pursuit of perfection long enough to be real.

For some listeners, this speaks directly to the loneliness of success: the heavy crown, the weight of high-stakes decisions, the strange feeling of arriving and still being hungry, meaning beyond the job, and relationships that don’t feel transactional.

This podcast is a space where the unsaid can become shareable, where you can hear yourself more clearly, like a mirror with the dirt wiped off.

Expect inspiring stories, laughter, tenderness, and the kind of listening that makes you feel less alone.

New episodes when the conversation is truly ready. Available wherever you listen.

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This podcast updates bi-weekly.

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