The NAME it Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jonas Ogonowski
Join me, as I sit down with people from all walks of life and invite them to name the deeper meanings and metaphors underneath their current passions and projects.
I believe that when we name and share what brings us alive, and gives us meaning, we find the patterns that connect us and help us grow. I will talk with the likes of artists, poets, engineers, facilitators, sculptors, philosophers, scientists, actors, architects and leaders among many others.
Fun fact, the ‘NAME’ part in The NAME it Podcast stands for Name, Analogy, Metaphor, Expression.
Logo Photo by Arthur Ogleznev on Unsplash
Cover Photo by by Simon Matzinger on Unsplash
Podcast Intro music: https://www.purple-planet.com
In this episode Brooke and I talk about:
* The origins of her passion and work
* Her teaching of Zen practice and writing
* Working with Emptiness and for
* Teaching from the edges of emptiness and form in both Zen and creative expression
* The art of Seeking and letting go
* Slowing down in moments of collective urgency
* Her upcoming work and offerings And many other topics.
Guest Bio:
Brooke is a poet, meditation instructor, and transmitted Zen teacher and lineage holder. She has published two books of poems: Bury the Seed and Feed Your Vow. She loves to create poems from 3 main ingredients: the raw material of everyday life, wholehearted and visceral listening, and the mind of meditation. For her poetry, Brooke is the recipient of the Charles B. Palmer prize from the Academy of American Poets. She has taught at Naropa University in Yoga Studies and at the University of Colorado, Boulder in Dance. Brooke is president and a founding teacher at Dragon Lake Zen, and teaches in-person and online courses and retreats to facilitate the awakening of innate wisdom, compassion, artistry, and play. She lives in Boulder, CO with her husband, Rob, their two sons.
Brooke’s books:
Bury The Seed: Poems for Releasing More Life into YouFeed Your Vow: Poems for Falling into Fullness(Find books and resources on Brooke’s site below).
Further links to guest resources:
www.BrookeMcNamara.com
www.DragonLakeZen.org
This is the 4th episode in a special series exploring the re-imagining of education.
In this episode - Part 2 of 2 - Tomas Björkman and I continue to talk about:
* Oxygen and money as a metaphor for what we collectively believe we can re-invent.
* Collective agency and collective sense-making.
* The value and limitation of rational scientific worldviews.
* What skills, knowledge and capacities does education need to foster to meet global and environmental challenges and societal shifts?
* How Inner Development Goals are important in our meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
And many other topics.
Guest Bio:
After many years in business as an entrepreneur and investment banker, Tomas Björkman is now a social entrepreneur and the founder of Ekskäret Foundation in Stockholm. He is also the co-founder of the research institute Perspectiva in London, of the Co-creation Loft and the media platform Emerge in Berlin, the 29k.org digital personal development platform and the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) framework. He is a member of the Club of Rome and a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science. He is the author of three books: The Market Myth (2016) , The Nordic Secret (together with Lene Rachel Andersen, 2017) and The World We Create (2019). Tomas divides his time between London, Stockholm and Berlin.
Tomas’ books:
The Market Myth (2016)
The Nordic Secret (together with Lene Rachel Andersen, 2017)
The World We Create (2019)
Via his website: https://www.tomas-bjorkman.com/#books
Further links to guest resources:
Tomas' website https://www.tomas-bjorkman.com
K9 Co-living https://www.k9coliving.com/
Perspectiva Institute https://systems-souls-society.com/
Co-creation loft http://cocreationloft.com/
Digital initiatives 29k.org/AWARE https://29k.org/
'Emerge': http://www.whatisemerging.com/
The Inner Development Goals. https://www.innerdevelopmentgoals.org/
Additional resources mentioned:
Rebel Wisdom YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelWisdom
How to use personal, inner development to build strong democracies | Tomas Björkman | TEDxBerlin https://youtu.be/b4dFsHgd1rQ
This is the 4th episode in a special series exploring the re-imagining of education.
In this episode - Part 1 of 2 - Tomas Björkman and I talk about:* Importance of lifelong learning and inner growth and maturation in organisations, management and in society. * Nurturing environments that can facilitate effective and healthy corporate cultures. * The connection between inner and outer personal development and individual and collective growth and capacity. * Healthy democracy and societal change. * Oxygen and money as a metaphor for what we collectively believe we can re-invent. * Collective agency and collective sense-making. * The value and limitation of rational scientific worldviews. * What skills, knowledge and capacities does education need to foster to meet global and environmental challenges and societal shifts? * How Inner Development Goals are important in our meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
And many other topics.
Guest Bio:
After many years in business as an entrepreneur and investment banker, Tomas Björkman is now a social entrepreneur and the founder of Ekskäret Foundation in Stockholm. He is also the co-founder of the research institute Perspectiva in London, of the Co-creation Loft and the media platform Emerge in Berlin, the 29k.org digital personal development platform and the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) framework. He is a member of the Club of Rome and a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science. He is the author of three books: The Market Myth (2016) , The Nordic Secret (together with Lene Rachel Andersen, 2017) and The World We Create (2019). Tomas divides his time between London, Stockholm and Berlin.
Tomas’ books:
The Market Myth (2016)
The Nordic Secret (together with Lene Rachel Andersen, 2017)
The World We Create (2019)
Via his website: https://www.tomas-bjorkman.com/#books
Further links to guest resources:
Tomas' website https://www.tomas-bjorkman.com
K9 Co-living https://www.k9coliving.com/
Perspectiva Institute https://systems-souls-society.com/
Co-creation loft http://cocreationloft.com/
Digital initiatives 29k.org/AWARE https://29k.org/
'Emerge': http://www.whatisemerging.com/
The Inner Development Goals. https://www.innerdevelopmentgoals.org/
Additional resources mentioned:
Rebel Wisdom YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/RebelWisdom
How to use personal, inner development to build strong democracies | Tomas Björkman | TEDxBerlin https://youtu.be/b4dFsHgd1rQ
This is the 3rd episode in a special series exploring the re-imagining of education.
In this episode Prof. Michael Anderson and I talk about:
* The pivotal moment that led Michael become involved in transformative education
* What transformation of education means in the context of our conversation
* The 4C Transformative Learning Framework
* The need for concerted, committed, long-term energy at all levels of education to bring about a transformation
* Local examples working on the transformation of education
* The cost of the status quo
* Education as a midwife to the renewal of democracy in each generation
* How AI and other technologies are exerting transformational pressures on status quo.
And many other topics.
Michael’s books and how he communicated during our conversation strike a unique balance between a wealth of knowledge grounded in decades of experience with an urgent, inspired energy to help move education in the right direction.
Guest Bio:
Michael is Professor of Creativity and Arts Education in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney and Co-Director of the CREATE Centre. He is an internationally recognised educational leader in school transformation processes. He has taught, researched and published in education and transformation for over 20 years, including 17 books and 55 book chapters and journal articles.
His international research and practice focuses on how the 4Cs can be integrated using coherent frameworks to support leaders as they work towards transformation in their contexts. Michael's most recent work emerging from his research and partnerships with schools includeTransforming Education (co-authored with Miranda Jefferson) and Transforming Schools .
Further links to guest resources:
The University of Sydney profile
https://www.4ctransformativelearning.org
Michael's books:
Transforming Education: Reimagining Learning, Pedagogy and Curriculum
Miranda Jefferson (Author), Michael Anderson (Author)
https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/transforming-education-9781350130067/
Transforming Schools: Creativity, Critical Reflection, Communication, CollaborationMiranda Jefferson (Author), Michael Anderson (Author)
https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/transforming-schools-9781474232609/
Additional resources mentioned:
John Deweyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey
The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World - Roman Krznarichttps://www.amazon.com.au/Good-Ancestor-Think-Short-Term-World/dp/0753554518/ref=sr_1_1?crid=D2ZR5QGB7YUU&keywords=the+good+ancestor+how+to+think+long+term+in+a+short-term+world&qid=1684282622&sprefix=the+good+ance%2Caps%2C425&sr=8-1
This is the 2nd episode in a special series exploring the re-imagining of education.
In this episode Susan and I talk about:
* Susan’s book, Minding Bodies.
* Immersive place-based sensory learning.
* Neuroscience behind embodied integrated and experiential learning.
* Susan’s 6 Principles of embodied Cognition.
* How advanced mobility relates to the complexity of our brains and learning.
* How poverty and bandwidth recovery are important for learning and decision-making.
* The importance of spaces in communicating belonging and supporting learning.
* How re-imagining education is important for our collective capacity to address wicked global problems.
If you are a parent, teacher, student, work in government or just care about a thriving fulfilling sustainable future for our world you'll get heaps from this episode.
Guest Bio:
Susan Hrach is an educational researcher and personal coach with expertise in body/mind awareness.
Susan is currently serving as Fulbright Canada Distinguished Research Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. Since 2012, she has been Director of the Faculty Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at Columbus State University.
Susan is committed to inclusive education through immersive, sensory experiences of linguistic and cultural diversity. She has been recognized by the University System of Georgia with a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award. As an undergraduate, Susan spent a year studying at the Universität Innsbruck, Austria, which shaped her lifelong interests in world literature, translation studies, and global education.
Further links to guest resources:
Susan's website https://www.susanhrach.com/home
Book: Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education) https://www.amazon.com/Minding-Bodies-Physical-Sensation-Education/dp/1949199991/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MFB25G7IFR0W&keywords=minding+bodies&qid=1684042548&sprefix=minding+%2Caps%2C973&sr=8-1
Additional resources mentioned:
Antonio Damasio https://dornsife.usc.edu/profile/antonio-damasio/
John Ratey – Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain https://www.amazon.com.au/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113514 Sarah Kuhn – Thinking with things https://www.thinkingwiththings.com/about
Guy Claxton– Intelligence in the Flesh: Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More Than It Thinks https://www.amazon.com/Intelligence-Flesh-Your-Needs-Thinks/dp/0300208820
Alexandra Horowitz – On Looking: A Walker's Guide to the Art of Observation https://alexandrahorowitz.net/books
James Gibson – Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Gibson
Vybarr Cregan-Reid – Primate Change: How the world we made is remaking us https://www.amazon.com/Primate-Change-world-made-remaking/dp/1788400224
Cia Verschelden – Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization. https://bandwidthrecovery.org
In this episode Michael and I talk about:
* Practical examples of what it looks like to facilitate Socratic practices in a classroom and online.
* Key topics raised in Michael’s books.
* How parents and teachers as well as students are impacted by the educational system.
* How a meaningful education could support healthy culture and human thriving
Amongst many other topics!
If you are a parent, teacher, student, work in government or just care about a thriving fulfilling sustainable future for our world you'll get heaps from this episode.
Guest Bio:
Michael Strong is the founder of The Socratic Experience, a virtual school for children ages 8 - 19. He is one of the most experienced designers of innovative school programs in the United States. His projects include a public school program in which minority female students gained four years’ worth of critical thinking gains in four months (on the Watson-Glaser). He later went into Montessori secondary school program design at The Judson Montessori School (San Antonio), The Emerson School, and Hacienda School. He created The Winston Academy, where middle school students passed AP exams, making it the most academically advanced school in the country at the time.
Another of Michael’s projects, Moreno Valley High School, a Paideia charter high school, was ranked the 36th-best U.S. public high school by Newsweek. More recently he co-founded KoSchool in Austin, Texas, which combined his high-performance approach to AP coursework and SAT score gains with a focus on entrepreneurial and creative projects. KoSchool, in turn, became the original model for The Academy of Thought and Industry, the high school model for the largest Montessori network in the United States.
Students from Michael’s schools have been admitted to Harvard, Stanford, Georgetown, Smith, Bard, Bennington, McGill, UT-Austin, University of Colorado, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Parsons School of Design, Quest, St. John’s and many dozens of other post-secondary institutions.
He is the author of ‘The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice’:https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/0944337392/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
and lead author of ‘Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems’:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B00245A4NW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Further links to guest resources:
https://flowidealism.medium.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelstrong1
https://twitter.com/flowidealism
https://www.facebook.com/michael.strong.144
https://www.youtube.com/c/socraticmichaelstrong
Additional resources mentioned:
Sir Ken Robinson (website & books): https://www.sirkenrobinson.com/store/
Education in a Time Between Worlds: Essays on the Future of Schools, Technology, and Society - By Zachary Stein https://www.amazon.com.au/Education-Time-Between-Worlds-Technology/dp/0986282677/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=education+in+a+time+between&qid=1677580756&sr=8-5
Ken Wilber & Integral Life: https://integrallife.com
Books by Ken Wilber: https://www.amazon.com.au/Ken-Wilber/e/B000APH4W2/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
In this episode Chiara and I talk about:
Her field of microbiology
Dance and self-expression
Asking questions
Science communication
Challenging ourselves with new knowledge
Epistemic humility
The transition from being a student to a teacher
In this episode Laura and I talk about:
Her loves of writing
Career and leadership coaching
What makes for clear and meaningful communication
The importance (and challenge!) of feedback for growth
Website: www.lauracascales.com
E-mail: laura@lauracascales.com
In this episode Nathaniel and I talk about:
Life changing experiences
The visible and invisible
Sports as the accepted introduction to peak experiences and flow states
Importance of integrating peak experiences
How we can better manage our complex lives
Finding simplicity and ease by inhabiting a more integrated self
In this episode I talk about the second type of conversation that has the potential to hugely impact our own wellbeing and that of our culture at large. That is how we approach conversations and interactions with other people. In person or online. Particularly with those who have different views from us.
Resources:
My public Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/beingbecomingcoaching
In this episode I explore conversation from a new angle and why it’s good to realise the trail you’ve been walking has run out.
For those who are curious as to some of the content that has inspired me of late, here are a few resources. Fair warning: some of it goes quite in depth. But it’s worth it.
Resources:
Sam Harris and Stephen Fry - Mindfulness and Egocentrism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri9UjXQI054
Navigating reality: It’s all about perspective | Daniel Schmachtenberger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNcyc_sEtpU
Perspectives Podcast: Daniel Schmachtenderer - Existential Risks and the Future of our Civilization
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0XKgMPTR4Rht5Qml4PCuuU?si=dgWgzliXRZi6ro9u9XzyVA
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV9PJhhqw5w
In this episode I introduce a 3-part mini series of solo episodes and share 2 pieces that breathed new life into old names.
Resources:
A poem by Brooke McNamara called 'No Wisdom' from her book of poems, Bury the Seed
https://www.brookemcnamara.com/bury-the-seed/
An excerpt from a book called Emptiness Dancing by Adyashanti
https://www.amazon.com.au/Emptiness-Dancing-Adyashanti/dp/1591794595
In this episode Stef and I talk about:
Her own story of discovering yoga and how it informs her approach to life
The history of yoga and how it has evolved through different cultures
What someone who may want to try yoga can expect from her public classes and private lessons
Yoga as a philosophy and spiritual practice
We both agreed we’d probably need to do a second interview to cover all the threads and topics we could cover.
Stef started Yoga as a 14-year-old dancer with sore feet, a short attention span and erratic sleeping patterns. Through school it was something she did with her mum and then something she did for herself and later became a special thing she shared with her dad. It was when she was literally balding from stress that Stef started to take her Yoga practice more seriously. Stef sees Yoga as an eternal medicine for the human condition and delights in sharing the benefits she has learned through the study and practice of Yoga and is inspired to evolve understanding of the bodymind through Yogic practice.
She offers, private lessons, public classes, Retreats, and online sessions. I found this episode very informative and fun. I’m sure you will too
Resources:
private lessons: https://www.yogawithstef.com/private-yoga
And public classes: https://www.yogawithstef.com/schedule
In this episode Prabha and I talk about:
State management
The Link between our breath and mind
Coaching individuals and couples to live fulfilling lives and relationships
Using relationship as your self-development path
Working through conflict in respectful ways
Creativity and play as a natural state of learning
Integrating body mind and heart
Prabha is an enthusiast for living life to the fullest. It is her passion and deep calling to explore the nature of life and to share her findings with the world. This led her to found her business, ‘SHFT Inside’ As a Holistic Life Coach for individuals and couples. She also offers yoga, mindfulness and meditation, programs. Links to her website and Facebook pages, where you will find her programs and event offerings, are in the resources below:
Resources:
https://www.shftinside.com
https://www.facebook.com/shftinside
In this episode Jhana and I talk about:
Erotic art
What is healthy sexuality
Taking responsibility for taking care of ourselves (physically mentally and emotionally)
How creativity and consciousness can inform each other
His courses and workshops, Romancing the beloved
When addictions and pretending to be something we’re not get in the way of expressing our gifts
Trusting the process and being patient
Showing up and being present in creativity and sexuality
And I ask Jhana to describe one of his works for the listeners
Jhana is a published author and illustrator. He draws on ancient wisdom and dreaming that reveal the bridge between consciousness and creativity. Discoveries of the healing capacities carried in painting, yoga, massage, meditation, art therapy and sexuality inform his practise. He has taught, mentored and exhibited in India, America, Germany and Australia over the past 20 years and his work is held in private collections internationally.
Resources:
https://www.instagram.com/consciouseroticart/
Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/JhanaBowensArt
Published book: 'Rainbow Turtle, Golden Dolphin: Messages From The Earth'
https://www.amazon.com.au/Rainbow-Turtle-Golden-Dolphin-Messages-ebook/dp/B074YZ6YG8
In this episode Jen and I talk about:
Transitions in how we make meaning
Ego Developmental Theory
Awakened Education
Integral Philosophy
The impact we have on each other in every interaction
Changing the goal and face of education
Growth and development from childhood, adulthood, and beyond
How a developmental lens may hold a key to helping Young people with anxiety, challenges with mental health and reduced engagement in school
And the reciprocal nature of learning and development
Jen Haynes is an Education Engineer who is challenging existing constructs of education and schooling, Jen’s passion is to share the powerful impact of ego development theory on working with children, Awakened Education AND reframing the perception of ADHD, as a person with ADHD herself.
Resources:
www.jenhaynes.com
Program on Stages for Educators through Stages International: https://www.stagesinternational.com/
Brisbane Independent School:
http://www.bis.qld.edu.au
https://www.cook-greuter.com/Background.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loevinger%27s_stages_of_ego_development
In this episode I talk with Jennifer Rumbell about:
Italian Futurism
The value of persistence in learning
What culture, music, and government have in common
The baroque style
how politics and arts influence each other
the avant garde
what it means when art is not highly valued in a culture
what happens when art is constrained or disconnected from culture
Jennifer is a piano teacher and musicologist. She was recently awarded her PhD from The University of Queensland. Her thesis explored the important role that music played in the political-aesthetic programme of the Italian Futurist movement. Her research interests include music of the historical avant-garde, music and politics, and the interaction between music and other artistic disciplines during the early twentieth century. She believes that having an awareness of how music functions within broader socio-political contexts is important to understanding our own human relationship with it—that is, how we interact with it, use it as a mediator and how it can be used towards not just positive but also sometimes dangerous ends.
Apart from her research, Jennifer is also passionate about teaching. For the last 4 years she has enjoyed casual teaching appointments at the School of Music at UQ, where she has taught subjects on music history and analysis. Over the last 10 years she has also run her own business teaching piano privately. Some of the things that Jennifer most enjoys about teaching are the human connection that is cultivated between student and teacher, and the self-confidence that people gain through musical expression. She is a big proponent for adult musical education and for changing the way we “value” taking up hobbies/ pursuits such as playing an instrument—that is, placing emphasis on the increased joy one gains in their everyday life, rather than on how good you can become or whether there is financial reward. Often, she feels as though her students end up teaching her a thing or two.
Resources and links:
Browning Street Sudios
https://browningstreetstudios.com.au
Video introducing Italian Futurism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hRcuvFK4iQ
A futurist piece by one of the four "official" Futurist composers, Franco Casavola. Franco composed it for a stage production by the leader of the Futurist movement, FT Marinetti, called "Cabaret Epilettico" or "Epileptic Cabaret"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0PBnfl-KM&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3e7qh9inQt7g5AEPFhPR-IiROZ5rUoYV3rxWAvFnp5n5mLwWvn-nNrN5E
In this episode I speak with my friend Steve
Steve has a Masters in public policy, a Degree in journalism, and is a Program producer on Radio 4EB.
In our conversation we talked about:
Flow states
Being distracted by obsessive thinking
Gardening
Public policy, political studies, and how things get done and made
Assumptions of traditional behavioural economics
Power structures in society
We ask; how can we as a society nurture and enable the innate talents and capabilities people have?
Exposing people to as many ideas and thoughts as possible in order for them to flourish as human beings
Bifurcation of systems in the natural world and the fractal nature of conversations
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In this episode Aaron and I talk about; Having a lust for continuous learning
How working to develop yourself can keep your job from consuming you
We talk about the real challenges of his profession including PTSD and depression
The importance of talking about these with each other and not believing we can do it all alone and handle everything
The less spoken-about side of a paramedic’s job.
The Power of people investing in and believing in you and paying that forward.
Helping future generations
The value of mentorship in learning and challenging jobs
How we learn not just what we learn
Questioning our judgments and assumptions about people
and being a slave to learning
As well as an inspirational interesting and at times lighthearted conversation, due to the theme of Aaron’s work, We do talk about topics and details related to Life and death situations, mental health and suicide among others. I believe they are important topics but wanted to give listeners a heads up before diving in.
Aaron has been an Advance care paramedic with the Qld ambulance service since 2013. He is also a Co-founder and co-host of the Free radicals paramedic podcast, Australia's first paramedic podcast. Available on major podcast platforms including Apple podcasts.
Further resources:
Episode 12 of the Free Radicals Podcast: Resilience-and-burnout
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/12-episode-12-resilience-and-burnout/id1437228859?i=1000441185630
In this episode of the podcast I speak with Kali Marnane about recognising our biases when engaging in our passions, the impact and importance of how we name and classify things, the significance and meaning of thresholds in inner and outer spaces, spectrums of relationships between public and private, and the influence that spaces have on our wellbeing and resilience.
Kali is an architect and researcher working to build equitable, resilient and thriving communities. She is currently undertaking a Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Queensland on the built environment of informal settlements in Ahmedabad, India to understand how the built environment can marginalise or support different groups of people.
Kali's website: www.kalimarnane.com
Kali on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kalimarnane/
Other resources:
Manav Sadhna https://manavsadhna.org/
The Anganwadi Project https://www.anganwadiproject.com/
A side project Kali is involved in: https://www.newbuildbrisbane.com/
In this episode of the podcast I speak with Ahri Tallon about his passions in community development, healthy masculinity, rites of passage, the value of conversation, resilience in these times of change, and what is possible when community development integrates both the sameness and differences between people and communities.
Ahri Tallon is is a community development practitioner working to organise and build community cohesion and power. With a long history of experience in environmental and progressive movements, he seeks opportunities to work collaboratively to create groups, inspire participation, engage networks, organise events and run programs. Particularly through creating more cooperative economic structures and facilitating cathartic experiential group processes, Ahri seeks to support the creation of a more self-aware and loving world.
Ahri has a website that include his blog writings and projects https://ahritallon.weebly.com/about-me.html
Jonas’ website contact page
https://beingbecomingintegralcoaching.com/contact
Other resources:
The Man Cave https://themancave.life
The Man Box: A study on being a young man in Australia https://jss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/The-Man-Box-A-study-on-being-a-young-man-in-Australia.pdf
Work That Reconnects Network https://workthatreconnects.org
Book: John Marsden ‘Secret men’s business’ https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9780330360746/
Hi, welcome to The NAME it Podcast.
My name is Jonas, and I’m so excited to have you join me for what I hope will be the beginning of countless interesting and inspirational conversations with guests that name the deeper meanings and metaphors underneath our passions and projects, professions and interests.
In this episode you will hear:
My own meaning, inspiration, and intention behind releasing a podcast, and why I named it ‘The NAME it Podcast’.
A sneak preview of the kinds of guests I will be interviewing
A reading of 2 of my favourite alchemists of meaning and metaphor; poets, Brooke McNamara and David Whyte (Check out links to their websites below)
Bonus trivia! It also happens to be an acronym:
N - is for Naming something for the first time or in a new way
A - is for Analogy, finding patterns that connect across different experiences
M - is for Metaphor, when simple words aren’t enough
E - is for Expression, through endless possible means
Happy listening and see you on the other side!
Links and resources:
Brooke McNamara
www.brookemcnamara.com
David Whyte
www.davidwhyte.com
Podcast music: https://www.purple-planet.com
To learn more or contact Jonas, visit his website:
www.beingbecomingintegralcoaching.com
or send him an email:
jonasogonowski@outlook.com