“People are hungry to tell their stories, and people are hungry to hear them.  Deep down we are all longing for a deeper connection and a flourishing planet.”

Enter Earth Converse founder Penelope Mavor, who with her podcast #earthconversepodcast, literally invites us to start chatting with the earth.

Too much of a stretch?

Penelope believes everybody has their own story of a nature connection. “It might just be about reconnecting with that”. As she says “we are all nature and we are surrounded by it.”

The #earthconversepodcast is a revolution of love.  Of ourselves, each other and the earth that is our home.  It is an eclectic mix of stories and perspectives.  From 10-year-old Malu talking about her chicken, to Jean-Claude the Daoist chemical engineer and business leader, quoting Einstein and going out to nature for his board-meetings with his business partner to come up with creative solutions. To the wisdom of leadership organisations guiding people on rites of passage, and the people they have inspired.

Given the integrated nature of things, subjects are wide ranging.  Themes include self-awareness and ‘waking up’; listening to our intuition; restoring our natural balance; corporate disconnection; loneliness and belonging; transforming pain; going solo in nature; journeying into adulthood; reimagining ourselves and the planet and many more.

“The hardest part is which category to post the podcast in.  The nature of nature is that it is integrated.  Science, Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Relationships, Leadership, Health and Wellbeing?  I settled on self-help.  Because it does start with ourselves”.