Dumbo Feather Podcast

We've separated, we've transformed, now how do we go back into the world as our changed selves? In this episode, Berry and Arne explore the final stage of a rite of passage: re-integration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chatted with Dr Arne Rubinstein about the DF mini-series he’s been making with Berry on the opportunity of this moment for transformation. Arne unpacks some of the elements and stages of a rite of passage and why they are so valuable to us right now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Berry and Arne continue unpacking the process of a healthy transformation, this week looking at two more essential elements: the creation of a vision for the future, and the honouring of one's unique gifts and talents for the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to the Zoom Room for our Dumbo Feather Conversation with Claire Dunn! Claire is a re-wilding facilitator, mentor, writer and much-loved Dumbo Feather contributor. In 2010, she spent a year living in the bush without matches, which profoundly shaped the course of her life and her relationship with the more than human world. We chatted with Claire about her re-wilding practices and how they are supporting her at this time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s episode 2 of our Dumbo Feather mini-series “Transformation Through Rites of Passage,” featuring Berry in conversation with friend and the founder of the Rites of Passage Institute, Dr Arne Rubinstein. After chatting about separation as the first major path of a rite of passage, Berry and Arne go deep on the next stage - transformation - exploring the critical role that both the sharing of stories and challenges or ordeals play within that. With lightness, depth and humour, Berry and Arne move between the experience of an individual in these stages of development and the experiences of us as a global community transitioning to new paradigms and ways of being. In the last 15 minutes of each show, Berry and Arne will answer questions and reflections from listeners. If you have something you'd like them to discuss, email digital@dumbofeather.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new podcast from our friends at Small Giants. What shadows in our collective consciousness have created our flawed economic system? What could a new system that operates within the ecological boundaries of this planet look like? How can we dream into a more regenerative system for all? Impact Investor, Berry Liberman, publisher of Dumbo Feather and co-founder of Small Giants, is joined by three Jungian analysts, Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart and Lisa Marchiano to analyse capitalism through a Jungian lens.This is episode 4 of the series, a special release for Dumbo Feather listeners. Subscribe to Myths, Morals and Money wherever you get your podcasts for the first four episodes and ongoing releases in the series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nearly 200 folks around the world gathered in the Zoom Room for our Monday lunchtime chat with legendary Dharma teacher, Catherine Ingram. In the 1970s, Catherine co-founded the most prestigious Buddhist Centre in the west - the Insight Meditation Society - and since then has written seminal works, led retreats, run a weekly Dharma Dialogue series, and been a voice of nourishment and solace to thousands. This is an edited version of her chat with Dumbo Feather's Berry Liberman and Nathan Scolaro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special mini-series of the Dumbo Feather podcast, our publisher and editor-in-chief Berry Liberman examines this moment in history as a rite of passage with good friend and founder of the Rites of Passage Institute, Dr Arne Rubinstein.Over the next few episodes, Berry and Arne will unpack the elements and stages of a rite of passage and look at how they relate to our individual and collective lives. They will ask, "How can this period be experienced as a rite of passage?" and "What does a healthy transformation look like?"Berry and Arne discuss the opportunity that exists in this time of widespread isolation - which could be understood as a container or cocoon from which we emerge - and share ideas and insights for listeners to bring into their individual lives, families and communities.In the last 15 minutes of each show, Berry and Arne will answer questions and reflections from listeners. If you have something you'd like them to discuss, email digital@dumbofeather.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/

This week in our lunchtime Conversation Series, we chatted with singer-songwriter, storyteller and cover star of Issue 60, Lydia Fairhall about who's really in the driver's seat: body or spirit? This is an edited version of her chat with Dumbo Feather's Berry Liberman and Nathan Scolaro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every Monday at 12:30pm, we're inviting Dumbo Feather guests to share their wisdom for this time with members of our community over Zoom. This week we heard from social researcher and community champion Hugh Mackay. This is an edited version of his chat with Berry Liberman and Nathan Scolaro from Dumbo Feather. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every Monday at 12:30pm, we're inviting Dumbo Feather guests to share their wisdom for this time with members of our community over Zoom. This week we heard from Dumbo Feather publisher and Small Giants co-founder Berry Liberman about leaning into new economic systems and re-imagining a future where all life can flourish. This is an edited version of her chat with Dumbo Feather editor Nathan Scolaro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast, five poets share a piece on extinction and their feelings associated with our changing planet. We hear from Bruce Pascoe, Danusha Lameris, Mark Tredennick, Peter Brown and Fleassy Malay. If you want to hear more, check out the incredible Extinction Elegies project, put on by Red Room Company.Thanks to Cheshire Audio and YAGA for editing this episode of the Dumbo Feather podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our first episode for 2020 is about empathy, and it’s a panel discussion recorded live at the M Pavillion in Melbourne late last year. The event was to celebrate A Mile In My Shoes, an interactive art project that invited participants to quite literally put someone else’s shoes on and hear a recording of their story. Dumbo Feather editor Nathan Scolaro was joined by Dharma teacher Catherine Ingram and psychotherapist Sarah Pant to explore their experiences of the project, and also their thoughts on why empathy is fundamental to our survival as humans, and how we can help foster it in one another as we go about our days. Show notes: This podcast was edited by Lizzie Marton – the music is by Dennis Liu.Big thanks to MPavilion, the Arts Centre Melbourne and the Empathy Museum which produced A Mile in My Shoes for making this event happen.Read more of Catherine Ingram's story in issue 61 of Dumbo Feather. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Warren Roberts is a proud Thunghutti and Bundjalung man who founded YARN Australia, a social enterprise focussed on creating relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. In this chat with his friend and filmmaker Anton Rivette, he shares the work YARN has been doing since 2007, and the potential for healing social wounds by coming together in facilitated storytelling circles. Show notesThis podcast was edited by Lizzie Marton - the music is by Dennis Liu. Learn more about YARN Australia by going to yarnaustralia.com.Thanks to our friends at G Adventures for sponsoring this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our 40th podcast we’re sharing a catch-up between two old friends, Clare Bowditch and Dumbo Feather publisher Berry Liberman. As part of her national tour to promote her debut book, your own kind of girl, Clare visited Byron Bay and made space for this talk.Only two friends catching up could pack this much love, honesty, tears and laughter into half an hour. In the process of writing her book, Clare has confronted the pain and suffering of her 20s, burdened by a deep sense that she didn’t deserve to be happy and coming to terms with the loss of a loved one.A book recommended to her by a family friend explained her mental suffering in a way she could process and provided a coping mechanism. Her recovery and the moments of respite granted her the permission to be courageous. And she hasn’t stopped. Enjoying her second bite at life.The podcast is bookended with two beautiful songs performed by Clare. This edited conversation was produced by Lizzie Marton and the music you hear is by Dennis Liu.Read Clare's

This month on the podcast we're sharing a conversation that happened at Dumbo Feather HQ, between journalist and author, David Leser, and interviewer, Michaela Kalowski.In this intriguing interview David speaks about the backlash he received to writing Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing, his account of the #MeToo movement. He discusses the historical roots of misogyny and the evolution of patriarchy, a system that he believes does so much harm to both women and men. And reflects on his own upbringing and the need for parents to allow their sons to embrace their feminine sides. Show notesThis edited conversation was produced by Lizzie Marton and the music you hear is by Dennis Liu.Get your copy of Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing - https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/current-affairs-politics/Women-Men-and-the-Whole-Damn-Thing-David-Leser-9781760877729This podcast is sponsored by our friends at ecostore (www.ecostore.com.au) and G Adventures (www.gadventures.com.au) Hosted on Acast. See

This month on the podcast we had the pleasure of sitting down with farmer and winemaker Matt Purbrick. You may already know Matt from Grown and Gathered, where he and his wife Lentil celebrate the joys of seasonal planting and bringing people around a table to enjoy the harvest. As a fifth-generation winemaker, viticulture is in his blood and he’s been busy making, bottling and drinking delicious, organic, sustainable wines with Lentil and his dad Alister. We loved listening to Matt talking about his relationship with the land and the seasons, his belief that community and connection is everything, his fears around our changing climate and his fascination with ancestral wisdom. Show notesThis edited conversation was produced by Lizzie Marton and the music you hear is by Dennis Liu.Find out more about Matt’s work at Grown and Gathered - https://www.grownandgathered.com.au Minimum Wines - https://www.minimumwines.comRead more about sustainable farming methods in Issue 58 of Dumbo Feather - https://www.dumbof

Nathan talks to actor-turned-award winning documentary maker Damon Gameau at the Byron Writers Festival. Actor-turned-award winning documentary maker, Damon is the man behind the 2014 expose That Sugar Film, and more recently has released 2040. 2040 is an extraordinary piece of storytelling that shows us what the future might look like if humanity embraced the environmental solutions that are currently available to us. Things like regenerative farming, electric cars, new economic models, and empowering girls and women.He shares some of the incredible impacts his documentary is already having on individuals, organisations and even our systems at large and why it's important to provide a hopeful narrative when it comes to the climate crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former palliative care specialist and now writer and farmer, Stephen Jenksinson, has a lot to say about grief, death and belonging. In this lecture, Stephen shares with us his ideas on ageing and elderhood in today's world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month our editor Nathan Scolaro, speaks with someone he feels very fortunate to speak with: Irish theologian, poet and mediator, Pádraig Ó Tuama on the topics of courage, storytelling, language, religion and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.