Be Like A Tree: Recent Episodes
Dr Kelly Savery
BE LIKE A TREE is a podcast that explores how human beings can be Inspired by trees. Our host, Dr Kelly, is a trauma-informed psychologist who has a special interest in exploring the relationship between our mind, bodies and environments. In this show Dr Kelly speaks with other nature lovers about how we can be guided by the wisdom of trees.
The intro to Be Like A Tree was created by singer and song writer EYE.
Do you believe that Tress have wisdom?
And if you listen close enough they will share their knowledge, strength and courage. Jannine does and, in this episode of Be Like A Tree, Jannie shares about how she learned to listen to the whispers of trees.
About Jannine Barron
Jannine Barron is a business mentor, strategies and intuitive mentor. She is the founder of Regenerative Business Mentoring.
Website:
www.https://janninebarron.com/
Tedtalk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFywJfkvnvg
Did you know that our hands are shaped like tree branches?
In this episode of Be Like a Tree, Yannick Dubois shares his views on the link between trees and human beings. He described how he learned to listen to tree wisdom and how he now shares is knowledge with the world.
About Yannick Dubois
Yannick creates magical artwork inspires by his love for the forest and tress. He lives in a woodland in Devon and is a modern day story teller, shamanic practitioner and druid.
Instagram: forestheart.art
It can be both liberating and frightening to know that our minds grow where our attention settles.
It means that we have control and can shape our encounters in the world.
If we focus on threat and negativity - our minds fester with darkness.
If we turn our attention to positive - we fill our lives with love and light.
On this episode of Be Like A Tree our guest, JK, speaks to Dr Kelly about how human beings can construct the stories of their lives. JK shares how nature has shaped her life and allowed her to create a business in which she helps people and teams transform their health and well-being by facilitating their engagement with nature.
About JK
JK (Jennie-Kate) is a coach, facilitator and founder of Where The Mind Grows. She is obsessed with everything nature, especially trees. She is also fascinated how our minds work. JK
Website:
https://www.wherethemindgrows.co.uk/
Podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/show/10fesMJ4QksowDFrmcYSmE
I coach people to transform the mind muddle, overwhelm and sad stories into some powerful and purposeful. So you get to love being you, more.
Ever wondered what YOU can do to help the environment?
Do you struggle to see how you can make a difference?
I get it - thinking about our role in our ecosystem can feeling overwhelming. It can make us feel like we are helpless and unable to make changes to our environmental footprint. Any yet there are solutions. In this episode of Be Like A Tree Nicola Peel speaks about how you can actively participate and become a part of environmental change.
How?!
Through Biomimicy. Want to learn what that means?
Listen in.
About Nicola Peel
Nicola is a solutionist, environmentalist and inspirational speaker who has spent 20 years working in the Ecuadorian Amazon. As a film maker she had made documentaries to raise awareness, built rainwater systems for those drinking contaminates water and brought together scientists to use fungi to clean up oil spills. Rather than feeling overwhelmed by the environmental problems we face Nicola is committed to doing whatever she can to make a change in the world; that is why she calls her self a Solutionist.
Instagram: nicolapeel_eyesofgaia
Website: www.nicolapeel.com
Have you ever taken off your shoes, placed your feet on the ground, looked around and felt inspired by trees?
Lisa Murdoch has.
In fact, playing in the forest is a key part of her creative process. In this episode, Dr Kelly speaks to Lisa Murdoch about her connection with trees and how going into the forest helped Lisa to overcome difficulties in her life.
About Lisa Murdoch
Lisa is a singer, songwriter and sound bath therapist. She has released two albums: Fungi and Mycelium.
Instagram: itslisamurdoch
In this episode of, Be Like A Tree, Dr Kelly speaks to growth facilitator Charlene Anglade. They explore themes of embodiment, emotions and movement.
Are you wondering how this links to trees?
Listen in to find out more.
About Charlene
Charlene is a retired school teacher, who decided to take a leap of faith towards her purpose and continue her journey as a growth facilitator. She talks about her life and how she found her purpose through movement.
Have you ever felt the need to belong?
It feels like an innate desire to feel connected to something bigger than yourself. Community brings connection, love and support.
In this episode of Be Like A Tree Dr Kelly talks to Marcia Manderson about the importance of community and how humans can learn from tree communities. Listen in for our thoughts.
About Marcia Manderson
Marcia is a psychotherapist with over 10 years experience. She is the host of the podcast Black People Don't Do Therapy. A weekly podcast that explores topics that affect that black and brown communities.
Instagram: bpddTherapy
On this episode of Be Like A Tree Dr Kelly talks with Don Pierce about how nature can help to awaken happiness.
About Don Pierce
Don has spent nearly his whole life working to protect the environment. After decades of work as a professional environmentalist, Pierce concluded that a new approach––one focused on the environmentalist and not just the environment––was needed.
When famed conservationist David Brower asked him to write "a piece" to show environmentalists how to persevere, the result was a series of books and courses that are good for both environmentalists and anyone seeking happiness and the preservation of nature. The series––the Heartwood Path––helps people to develop spiritually, helps people discover the benefits of communing with nature, and helps people find the abundant, abiding, and authentic happiness that comes from helping others, including natural beings.
Website: www.heartwoodpath.com Instagram: @heartwoodpath Facebook: Heartwood Path Email: info@heartwoodpath.com
In the episode of Be LIKE A Tree we are speaking to Sarah Spencer, author of Think like a Tree: The natural principles guide to life and founder of Think like a Tree, which shares nature-inspired, regenerative solutions for individuals, businesses and organisations and families.
Sarah is passionate about trees, has created a woodland and forest garden and studied permaculture. She lives with chronic illness and uses nature's principles every day in every aspect of life, sharing the wisdom of nature through courses, workshops and coaching. She works with a network of Think like a Tree facilitators who share nature's wisdom to solve some of the world's greatest problems.
Sarah Spencer
Author: Think like a Tree: the natural principles guide to life, and Inspired by Trees, creative workbook
Courses and workshops for individuals, businesses and organisations www.thinklikeatree.co.uk
Facebook and Instagram: Think like a tree
On this episode of Be Like A Tree Dr Kelly and Susie explore how nature has interwoven the stories of Susie's life. Susie speak about being born into a grieving family and how Trees connected her family to their lost loved one. Susie shares how her connection to Trees has continued into adulthood and how now, despite living with terminal bowel cancer, Tree principles guide her. Susie is in love with life.
About Dr Susie Dawson:
Dr Susie Dawson is a counselling psychologist with a strong commitment to nature therapy. She enjoys travel, spending time in nature and wildlife watching. Susie's PhD research investigated the psychology of human-animal relationships.
Books Discussed:
The Memory Tree
In this episode, Dr Kelly explains how trees can help humans to feel calm and grounded by exploring the concept of co-regulation.
On this episode of, BE LIKE A TREE, our host Dr Kelly talks to Theres about how trees have inspired and provided comfort to Theres throughout her life.
About Theres Fickl:
Theres is a counsellor who specialises in helping people make sense of their experiences. She teaches different ways of coping with life’s changes and challenges. Theres has 20 years of experience as a qualified counsellor and professional trainer in private practice.
Books Discussed:
The giving tree by Shel Silverstein
The lonely tree by Nicholas Halliday
A monster calls by Patrick Ness
Exercise Described – The Frontal Vagal Exercise
by Stanley Rosenberg - Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve, (2018)
Cross your fingers and rest your hands on the nape of your head.
With your thumbs find the little indent and keep your thumbs there.
With your head facing forward, let your eyes travel all the way to the right as far as they can go,
without moving your head.
Hold your eyes in that position for about 60 seconds. Take in deep breath and breathe out slowly.
Then let your eyes go back to the front. Take in what you see there.
Let your eyes, without moving your head, slowly travel to the left as far as they can go.
Hold your eyes to the left for about 60 seconds. Take in deep breath and breathe out slowly.
Then let your eyes travel slowly back to the front and take in what you see.
Slowly release your hands from you head. Your system might like to yawn or sigh at the end of it. That’s a great sign, let it happen. Okay if not. You can do this sitting or laying down.
In this episode, Dr Kelly explains the question that is on everybody's mind. What does it mean to Be Like A Tree?