Ep.93 Growth in Disruption: What Forests and Fire Teach

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Hello! Hello! Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another episode of reconnect with plant wisdom. It’s me, Tigrilla.

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How are you? How are you? It is a strange day here today, like

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it’s kind of sunny. The sun is peeking through and at the same. So you’ll see the light be weird, because sometimes the sun peeks through. Then there’s gray clouds. Then there’s beautiful blue sky and like really wispy white. It’s a very strange day, but that’s okay, because we’re here. We’re here to talk about a bunch of stuff.

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Let’s also say that it’s a strange time period this year has been

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the only word I can think of is thick. Thick is the word that comes to mind everybody that I speak to from my clients, my friends, my fellow community members.

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we all feel like we’re in this thick molasses of energy that for some is extremely overwhelming. It’s like almost everything is being brought to the surface in this really thick energy, and with everything happening in the world, political unrest, climate challenges personal struggles. It’s so easy to feel overwhelmed.

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And and that’s the energy that’s the word I keep using for me personally. It makes me just want to sleep. I was talking to a friend of mine the other day a fellow colleague who

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and community member who who is telling me that basically she sleeps.

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She takes super long showers, and that’s about all she does right now, like she reads, and she just rests. She’s like for me. January is a month normally with the epaglemental days where I just.

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you know, kick off certain things, and then just sit in that energy, and

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it feels sometimes incongruent with the timelines that we’ve been taught to follow the pressure, to act fast or to resist change, to move in the New Year, and all of it can feel super stifling like you just feel like there’s this contrast where it’s still winter for people who are in the northern hemisphere. So you want to actually just kind of rest and curl up in a ball. And at the same time it’s the New Year you want to get things started. But when we zoom out and observe

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kind of how natural ecosystems, how mature ecosystems handle things like disruption and change, we start to see a different story emerge, one that talks about different cycles and adaptation and balance.

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And so in times of upheaval, it’s really natural to crave stability and certainties, you know again, right now, depending on where you live, I mean, you are probably experiencing firsthand

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extreme amounts of an upheaval, and also from from different fronts. My values are being kind of affronted. My my belief systems are being challenged. My physical well-being in some cases is being threatened. There’s just all kinds of different aspects on it.

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But

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and I and I’m going to tread lightly in this episode, and I want you to understand kind of the overall concepts. And of course, in the naturally conscious community, you’re welcome to come in, and we can have a good discussion about this, because none of what I’m about to say is a quick bit type of thing that you can just say in 10 seconds, and then you’ve got the whole thing. This is about zooming out and really looking at a bigger picture and putting aside our societal norms and trying to understand things the way nature does.

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because sometimes for nature disruption isn’t something to fear.

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It’s something we can embrace. Nature shows us that disruption is often

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the birthplace for something new, some growth, some clarity and honestly, even some peace

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disruption, and the ability to break down things sometimes gives way for space and a sense of calm and tranquillity. So this is such an important topic for me, one that is like, I said, very delicate, and I really can’t wait to get into it with you. And so this is going to be. Episode 93. Growth in disruption. What forests and fire teach!

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Welcome to reconnect with plant wisdom! I’m your host, Tigrilla Gardenia. Nature inspired mentor, certified life coach, and the founder of the naturally conscious community.

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For over a decade I’ve been known as a World ambassador for plant advocacy.

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working closely with plants to share their practical wisdom, to help you consciously embody the elements of life, that nourish your evolution.

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In this podcast I delve into ancient and modern knowledge, from biology to spirituality, about the wondrous ways of plants.

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Together we’ll explore how ecosystem thinking helps you overcome limiting beliefs, understand the true nature of relationships and live an authentic, impactful life.

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Okay? So in today’s episode, we’re going to dive into 3 major areas. I want to talk about how mature ecosystems use disruption. So we get a kind of different picture, a way to look at it that is not through the lens of loss that we often experience it through. So we are going to be talking about some delicate subjects, such as fires, for example, and falling trees. I’m going to pull it into the world of the ecosystem. But obviously.

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for some of us it’s going to be raw, based on some of the things that are happening. And I thought carefully about whether or not I wanted to include this topic, but it just seems like sometimes in the heat of the moment. Oh, that was a bad pun. I did not mean for that in the moment. Let’s just say, in the moment, in the moment.

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looking at a side-by-side comparison of how a natural ecosystem would deal with something versus how we’re feeling about it sometimes is good. It helps bring perspective. So I want you to look at this as an opportunity for regeneration and balance or restructuring. Let’s just say

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the other one I want to talk about is why are societal’s timelines often clashing with Nature’s rhythms and exploring a little bit. Why this happens, and how we can kind of shift our way into a much more essence-based or nature-based approach.

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And then the last thing I’m going to go into is how tuning into nature cycles can actually help you discover your own personal role in all of this, because there is a lot of transformation happening, not just on your personal level, although we’re feeling it all on the personal level, but also at a global level and understanding your role in it. What is it that you’re supposed to do? When is it that you’re supposed to step into something bigger and instead? When is it exactly

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perfect for you to just work on yourself and allow that that bigger piece to be tackled by someone else is a hard concept.

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You don’t want to feel like you’re running away from situations. And at the same time you want to feel like you’re putting yourself in the place that works best for you. What is your soul’s journey? What is it that you’re here to accomplish? How does this fit into your life purpose and your soul mission.

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So this isn’t really about glossing over challenges that we face or pretending everything is going to be okay. I kind of personally hate it when everybody’s like. Don’t worry about it. Everything’s going to be okay for some people that works really great for me. That’s not what I need. What I need to do is step into it. I need to get into it on all aspects. I need to feel it. I need to think about it. I need to explore it. I need to be able to conceptualize it. I need to look at it. Zoom

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in into the micro, and I need to be able to zoom right out of it into the. And look at that whole macro thing. So this is really about learning how to navigate the uncertainty with clarity and with wisdom that comes from living in alignment with nature. And by the end of this episode I want you to feel a deep sense of clarity and space.

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and maybe even a little hope, right inspired by these natural cycles of growth and renewal, and what the possibilities may bring. And I also want you to feel empowered to work with any kind of disruption that might come your way as a catalyst for meaningful change again at the individual as well as at the collective level. So let’s start by looking at how mature ecosystems turn disruption into a tool for growth.

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And one of the most powerful examples that comes from the way forests respond to fire. And I understand this again could be a raw topic. So you take the space that you need. And if this isn’t the episode for you. I totally understand this, but I hope that you see that approaching this, and looking at this as a mature ecosystem, and looking at how they deal with fires could help us better understand. What is it about our own societal ecosystems that are not yet mature enough

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to be able to use this or what areas are mature enough, and that if we just shift the way we approach situations like fire, we can actually, you know, end up in a completely different, more transformative or evolutive space. But before we get into any of this, let’s take a very quick break to share with you one of my ego-conscious business partners.

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All right in nature. Disruption is not just an unfortunate event that we must endure. Okay, we tend to think of as humans, that anything that happens that is disruptive, whether or not we’re talking about in personal life or in our cities, or all the way around us.

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It must be something that’s negative, something that’s bad. But when you’re looking at it from nature, it’s actually part of an integrated process that leads to regeneration and balance. In other words, knowing that these kinds of cyclical changes are going to happen, that as you build something up, it’s going to overflow at some point and have to be let out somewhere, or that as certain kinds of conditions stabilize and grow that growth

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kind of like your hair, you need a haircut sometimes is going to need to go somewhere. And so nature has, in all of these billions of years of existence, found ways to use this to their advantage can work with this type of disruption. So let’s think about a fire in a forest.

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At 1st glance it might seem like total disruption. Right? We’re seeing that at a societal level right now, when you look at what’s happening in California. And it’s happened

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multiple places right? And every year we have forest fires from Australia to Canada to many different locations that are running rampant, and at 1st glance, as again, it might look like destruction, and it is from the way that we, as human beings, have integrated ourselves into these ecosystems. But if you were to take a step back for a second and look at fire

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fires from a forest level. So we’re talking

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about a forest. A mature forest has grown and has continued to find its balance, its equilibrium, and it’s now in a place, and a fire comes. 3 comes, 3 comes through. Excuse me, you see that, of course, trees are burned, animals scatter, and everything in sight appears to be consumed by the flames.

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But here’s the thing. In many ecosystems. Fire is not only natural, it’s actually essential. It clears away the old, and it makes way for the new.

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So consider a forest where older dead plant material has accumulated over time. You have a super thick underbrush right. If the forest were left undisturbed, this organic matter would remain. It becomes a barrier for new growth. Sure, it slowly decomposes. But the rate of decomposition, and the rate of growth means that there’s always this sort of thick patch at the bottom.

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and that thick patch covers everything else. So sunlight doesn’t arrive down to the forest floor. The soil is always moist in the tops of the trees, then, are not able to get some of the nutrients that normally come from the lower levels, because the lower level is not decomposing in time, and the photosynthesis is causing these trees to continue to grow at a rapid pace.

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Without the fire the forest itself would be a risk no longer being able to grow, and even to be able to hold spaces for any kinds of diseases and parasites and other parasites is not always a disease. So I’m going to backtrack that word for a second human vocabulary, snuck in there

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diseases, or any kind of where some kinds of wounds maybe, don’t get the aeration that they need to heal where you have clusters of certain kinds of either animals or plants, or materials, or any other kinds of beings

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that don’t have the flow in order for move. In other words, there’s not enough air circulation coming through. There’s not enough decomposition happening. There’s not enough sunlight, a whole series of things happen. And this is something that in a mature forest for a long period of time can be held. It’s held, and it opens in that space.

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But then there comes a point where it becomes too much. And then that crescent, that growth, and that being able to move, becomes a stagnation, and it holds itself in place, and so fire, as disruptive as it seems, is actually a clearing mechanism. In this way it burns away what has outlived its purpose.

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leaving space for new life to emerge. What grows after the fire is fresh it’s vibrant. It’s aligned with the new conditions of the forest.

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The forest floor has now been opened. There is ash that ends up nurturing different aspects because there’s different chemical properties to it. There’s sunlight that can touch certain places. In fact, some plants have evolved to rely on this process. Certain species of pine trees, for example, have cones that only open to release their seeds. If there’s an intense amount of heat

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like a fire. So these cirrochiness cones ensure that the new generation of trees can take root in the nutrient rich ash. In other words, it’s not just that the cones themselves. The seeds require. The cones require that fire in order to open and allow the seeds to emerge, but the seeds themselves have grown to look for elements for different chemical properties that are

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in different nutrients that are in that ash rich soil that’s left behind. And so they thrive in this newfound sunlight that reaches the forest floor, they thrive in what this environment gives to them. It’s an incredible example of adaptation and resilience, showcasing Nature’s ability to turn a seemingly catastrophic event

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into an opportunity for renewal. And so when we think about the creation of a city, this is where practices like biomimicry are trying to take us. They’re trying to help us think like an ecosystem, and if I live in certain areas of the country, whatever country I might live in, I might be prone to fires because intense sunlight

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drought that happens all of these things. So therefore, if I was to think and build like an ecosystem, I can build an environment that grows over time, and then when that fire comes through, I can end up using that fire for renewal, or honestly, sometimes the fire comes, even when something is not ready, for it burns it away. But

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it’s an opportunity for you to grow in a different direction, to start something new. Look, I get it. It’s a hard concept. It’s a hard pill to swallow, especially if you’ve lost your house, or if you or a loved one has experienced a raging forest fire. But again the question becomes.

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how do I become part of the ecosystem? What is it that I could do as I rebuild to create my life as part of that ecosystem of which fire is one of the beings that lives with it. It’s 1 of the elements of the area.

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And even if it wasn’t in the past, it is now right. Part of dealing with things like climate change is. Yes, sure. I am trying to prevent certain types of climate change of accelerated climate change. But really we use the term accelerated climate change, because the climate is always changing.

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And so what’s happening right now is this acceleration? It’s not the fact that things are changing. This might have taken a thousand years to happen, but it was still going to happen eventually, because climate moves, climate changes. And so, therefore, we have to learn this adaption. So the question is more of

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how do we learn how to adapt with our ever-changing conditions, just as a forest uses fire to clear away the old and make room for the new. We, too, can embrace disruption in our lives as a catalyst for growth. Whether we’re talking about a physical fire, or whether we’re talking about a metaphorical fire, something that happens to me, something that

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clears away or burns away some kind of situation or some kind of activity that I’m part of. We can use the same principles to think about our lives, and we can work very closely with our tree partners and allies to better understand. How do I use this to my advantage

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by tuning into nature’s rhythms. We can learn to see these challenges, not as insurmountable obstacles, but as essential phases in our personal evolution. When we face periods of upheaval, we can remind ourselves that this is a natural part of life.

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unnecessary step towards achieving balance and renewal. So as you’re navigating through personal disruptions, be it a career change or the end of a relationship or any significant life event.

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Okay.

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take a page from Nature’s playbook, right? Or sometimes, if you don’t, can’t see the page yet which happens? Ask the plant. You know your plant partner hopefully, that you’re developing this relationship with.

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ask.

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how can I use this to my advantage. How could this be? Something that propels me towards an evolutive shift, something that augments the complexity? Notice? I didn’t say complication, complexity, my ability to be to hold a more dense experiences for me to be able to work better inside an environment that is saturated in any kind of energy that it might be.

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How can I use this to my advantage? How can this become a part of my growth cycle? So, rather than rushing to patch things up? To return to the status quo, which is probably the biggest mistake you can ever do after a forest fire. Nothing is going to be like the stores a status quo, whether we’re talking about a career change, or, again, the end of a relationship, nothing is going to go backwards. This is about learning how to pause and how to reflect

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and to allow ourselves to let go of what doesn’t serve us anymore and create space for new opportunities to take root. And in doing so we align ourselves to the natural world’s wisdom, right to this wisdom that comes from inside as well as outside. We awaken and step into our inner plantness with that pure presence.

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and we tune into even our animalness, to be able to understand which direction to find and feel that instinctive nature, finding peace in the understanding that often comes from the ashes of disruption.

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So these are those types of concepts that again, especially if you’re experiencing them firsthand takes a second. But if you do reflect, you can see the path forward. You can understand why synchronicity, the law of synchronicity, is taking you into this direction, and again

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tuning in, really tuning in. And again, I invite you to to ask a plant friend to help you through this, because sometimes it’s hard to get there by yourself, or of course you can always reach out to me, and I’m totally excited and happy to be able to work with you on this, but it’s about tuning in to that stillness and that presence that comes from our inner plantness, and

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catching that relationship with your intuition, with your animalness with your more instinctual to see the direction forward. Those parts of you will never guide you wrong. They will take you where you need to go. I had this amazing conversation with my students yesterday.

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I had one of my classes is doing advanced research, and we had a in the call. We ended up having a sharing. It was a moment for each one of the different groups, the different research groups to share where they are on their research and where they’re going and how it is that they’re experiencing. And it was absolutely amazing because each group was working on slightly different things. One was working on how to create a super individual, and another is working on how to understand synchronicity

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and what I loved about it was that last year when we started these projects actually, more than a year ago. Now, when we started these research projects, it was terrible like, it was really hard. It was disruptive because this is a group that had been studying certain topics and working in a certain way, and all of a sudden I threw a wrench in the whole thing and changed the entire protocol and disrupted everything that they were doing. And at 1st they were like, this isn’t working. This isn’t working because they were trying to do things

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the old way, almost as if they were setting up their own lessons like the ones that we used to give them. And it was like, no, you got to shift personality. You got to completely change the trajectory of what you’re doing. You need to look at this as an opportunity for growth. And so everybody kind of took a minute, and I created some abilities and activities for them to be able to see it. And now these groups are thriving, and it’s really beautiful to see how each one of the groups is finding their own footing in this new landscape that these created.

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So it’s a really beautiful opportunity to see things in a different way. I’ll give you a different example from a natural example that maybe is a little bit easier to conceptualize. I want to talk to you about light gaps. Now you’ve heard me talk about light gaps before. So in a light gap is a concept that also happens in a mature forest right? And in this mature forest again, you have this type of stagnation. And so maybe you have a large mature tree that reaches the end of keys life. And this tree then falls in the forest

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as it’s falling. It rips all of the connections that that tree has. Because, remember, this tree has been growing. You have this beautiful dense forest. Now, all of a sudden this tree, like slams down a huge gash in the earth. I use that word on purpose, and I’ll explain why gets created. You pull, you know, branches and leaves and and other connections. Maybe you even have

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animals that have lost their homes that were living in that tree. I mean, it is a big, big, big disruption.

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So for some species it can look like a huge loss.

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In reality, that tree’s fall creates an amazing opportunity for growth. You see, when a tree falls, especially this type of mature tree. It doesn’t just leave a mess.

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It actually opens up this massive gap in the canopy, allowing the light to now reach the forest floor. Remember, when I was talking about this with the fire right fire comes, and it burns all of the ground which allows the actual soil to finally get sunlight again, which it probably hasn’t gotten it for years. The same thing happens with a light gap. You have this gap of light that ends up happening. And now the light rather than filtering through

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different leaves in order for the plants at the bottom to get low levels of light. Now you have this big chunk of light that’s coming through. Now, honestly, some of the plants are not going to be able to survive through this. You know. They’re going to burn up. They’re not used to this type of light.

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but there are also seeds that have been waiting in the soil for this very moment. Sometimes they’ve been dormant for years years, and now they have a chance to get the nourishment, the light nourishment they need in order to grow

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so they’ve been getting their fill of what keeps them alive, but they haven’t been able to really shine because there’s been no light to allow them to shine. This isn’t a random occurrence that happens. This is part of again a larger ecosystem. Cycle trees live, they grow, they mature, they get large, and then at some point they reach the end of their lives.

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and they fall, and if you don’t take them away, which you shouldn’t right, these trees have a whole myriad of new. It’s like a new purpose of life, a whole new phase of their life, because they probably don’t die immediately they fall over and they begin their death process, and in doing this

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they bring light to the bottom of the floor, so that dormant seeds that have been sitting underground waiting can now start to emerge.

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They create habitat for a whole different set of species that maybe couldn’t get up into this tall tree, but is now, instead enjoying what the tree has to offer from the ground, which is more unable to reach that level. Also, as the tree starts to decompose that tree leeches out in a positive way a whole series of nourishment that has been part of the tree’s existence.

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It’s almost like the heritage that that tree gives. The tree starts to decompose. And there’s all kinds of decomposers and detrivores that end up working on this tree and all of these nourishments, all of these different aspects. Little holes get created for critters to be able to live in. There are just so many things that happen.

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But specifically those seeds they’ve been sitting in the soil. They’ve been quietly growing small little roots below the surface, preparing for this specific moment

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disruption. Whether we’re talking about fire or a fallen tree doesn’t wipe everything out. It creates the perfect conditions for new life to emerge. What we see in these mature ecosystems, in these ecosystems that have been growing together for so many years is a constant cycle where you have disruption.

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decomposition, renewal, and stabilization.

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disruption, decomposition, renewal and stabilization. It’s a rhythm that ensures a balance and a resilience and also a growth, because every time I come through these

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something shifts. I have the opportunity now to adapt to the conditions of today rather than growing and continuing to grow in the conditions of yesterday. So now I am simultaneously as a being in this forest, creating the ecosystem

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and adapting to the ecosystem, so that everyone has a chance to grow, because all of us are having to adapt together and stabilize and work together, to be able to create this environment and to evolve to another level. So leg gaps create these amazing opportunities for new plants to grow, but also they foster a greater biodiversity within the ecosystem. They move.

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move the pieces around, they give you the opportunity to re, ask yourself, Am I in the right place? And should I move from this place, or change from this place, or evolve out of this place.

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When sunlight reaches that forest floor, it encourages all these different plant species to germinate, to see. Am I the right species for this area. In this moment, each with its own unique characteristics and roles within the forest. This diversity strengthens the ecosystem, making it more resilient even for future disturbances, because, again, it’s now adapted to the current conditions.

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You all know that I’m a Kabbalist, that, in addition to all of my spiritual physics here at Dominhur, and to my specialization with plants. One of my biggest loves. The thing that bridges everything together that really talks to my soul is the Kabbalah, and one of the things that I really love about the whole idea of the Kabbalah is this whole perspective of understanding that

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Kabbalah was an oral tradition. It was something that was passed on orally, and it wasn’t passed down orally for many years, because, unlike some other.

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let’s call them philosophies and religions. We’ll just use the words very amp where it was like, oh, I’m not going to write things down because I don’t want others to know about it.

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or I’m going to write things down in a way to be able to hide it from those that don’t know how to read and write, Kabbalah was passed down orally for a very specific reason.

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It was about making sure that all of the philosophy always stayed in a modern context. Every time I tell the story I have to use a reference

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that you can understand today. I can’t use a reference of yesterday. If you don’t understand that right. I can’t talk to you like I’m at the end of being able to talk to people about cassette tapes right? And being able to use metaphors connected to cassette tapes. There’s a whole generation that doesn’t even know the benefit of a walkman with a cassette tape, right? So I have to adapt to a CD. If I want to talk about a musical reference, or I have to adapt

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to an Mp. 3. And so, by continuing to share musical knowledge through new mediums. I keep it fresh, alive and accurate. And this is exactly the way Kabbalah was. It’s the idea of every time I tell you about the Sephiras, or about

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the different paths. I have to put it into context, into modern interpretation, so that you can understand it without ever losing its essence. And this is exactly what happens in these types of ecosystems. When we have these massive disruptions, we have to be able to renew without losing that essence.

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asking ourselves, what is the core that is important to pass on in this moment, and everything else that can allow it to burn? What are the best parts of me. What are the most important developments? Where do I need to go? And so when we use any kind of disruption again, career, change, or end of a relationship in this purpose. What ends up on the other side is much stronger to go there. So, tapping into that inner plantness, to the wisdom that you have inside

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in for our personal lives. These moments of disruption can pave the way for diverse growth opportunities. They give you the opportunity to embrace

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all of these different aspects of yourself. So when you embrace a light gap, you cultivate new skills, you, you open yourself to new relationships. You see things with a new perspective. And all of this enhances our overall resilience. So, just as a forest thrives

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on a balance of old and new, we, too, benefit from integrating past experiences with fresh insights. The fallen tree that’s now decomposing right. My old story, that has fallen down and is now breaking out into its composite parts, contributes to the nurturing and to the nutrients that are in the soil physically as well as my own personal soil. Right? What I root myself into this nourishes an entire new generation of plants.

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which for me is a whole new generation of activities, as well as what I pass on to the next generation.

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Our past experiences, whether successes or failures, provide valuable lessons that enrich our future endeavors, and this natural cycle of renewal and growth underscores the importance of patience and trust in the process. It’s about listening. It’s about tapping into that inner guidance. It’s about connecting to my plantness, my stillness, my presence, my awareness.

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and to my animalness too right? The fact that I am an animal, and therefore I have instincts, and I have a divine parts of myself, and I have all this subtle body. There’s so many elements that I can tap into, that are all the natural parts of who I am, and this requires time and space to unfold. Aligning to our personal rhythms with a nature slower, more deliberate. Let’s just say, place

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a place, pace, pace. We allow ourselves to grow in a more grounded and sustainable matter.

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So this is a really important piece of this overall understanding, the power of disruptions. But beyond that, one of the biggest challenges that we face as individual in today’s society is the pressure to act

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quickly, to make decisions, fast, to always be moving, evolving, and producing, but almost in a forced way, the pressure to meet deadlines, to keep up with societal expectations and to respond immediately to every crisis.

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Man that can be so overwhelming. We’re often told the clock is ticking. We don’t have time to waste that. You need to always be on the move that things need to resolve fast. It’s a timeline that doesn’t always align with the rhythms of nature, which means it doesn’t align to my own internal rhythm. My own internal rhythm works at its own pace, sometimes fast.

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sometimes slow.

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but always in harmony with my environment. And so it’s important for us to also remember that in a forest.

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Sure, there might be a rush in a given situation. But that’s because the situation calls for the rush, not because it’s just a rush when this tree falls or a fire disrupts the landscape. The system doesn’t immediately fix things.

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It takes time for those dormant seeds laying in wait for the right conditions. They’ve been waiting patiently, and it’s the careful, patient work of the ecosystem, those unseen processes that are happening below the surface that ensures a renewal.

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Growth happens beneath the soil right where the roots slowly start to spread and water starts to come in and get taken up, and things start to align in order for me to break through and show myself. So with that way when the conditions are right, these shoots can emerge, and so we have to remember that in nature timelines aren’t rushed to some arbitrary, external deadline. It’s a slow, thoughtful, and deliberate process.

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I love that. The other day I was scrolling through my Facebook on my page, and I came across one of the organizations in California that works with trees I can’t remember. There’s like 2 or 3 of them that are really really great. And this particular one had a beautiful chart, because saying, to try to explain to people, Please don’t try to replant right away.

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Of course it’s in our human nature to see this charred earth, and to think I’m supposed to scrape off all of that Char. I’m supposed to take up all of that ash. I need to clean right the way I brush out, or I go with the broom, and I broom out all of my house. I need to do that very quick for the earth in order for it not to sit in that ash, and then I need to start planting seeds, and they were saying very carefully, like, Please just leave the earth alone. Give the earth anywhere up to 8 months, to over a year

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to see what comes on their own, because nature is amazing at renewal. And so, therefore, you have to give space for that renewal to happen. Sure, some things we need to do as humans right to clear up and make space for it. But just the same as we won’t know tomorrow how to rebuild the house. You also nature takes time to see. What does this environment tell me about where I should emerge? Where should my shoot emerge going forward. So

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we need to kind of give itself. That actually, you know, here’s the question for you. What would happen if you allowed yourself, if you allowed yourself to adopt this mindset in your own life. Can you imagine how different it would be if every time some disruption happens, rather than

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having to deal with things quickly. I often tell people that if I’m in a relationship when I break up from that relationship, if it happens, then I am a slow healer like I have been known to spend 6 months crying, not because I’m crying that I want that old relationship back.

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but 6 months of allowing my body, to purge everything that was, and be able to find a new space for it, to allow it to evolve into its own new story. How do I remember the beauty that happened while letting go of all of what didn’t work? What are the lessons that I need to learn for myself? How do I need to evolve

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from what I experienced in this relationship? How do I make peace and allow my heart to heal, to trust again to all these different things. I am a slow burn on that, like I am just somebody who just needs my time. But the good thing is that every time I allow myself to do that on the other side. The person I meet is so fantastic like I feel

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like I can have these beautiful experiences, and I can see my past with such beauty, because I have given myself time

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so, moving beyond societal timelines, we can draw inspiration from these natural cycles instead of succumbing to the pressure of immediate results. We learn to pause.

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to appreciate the value of slow, thoughtful progress. And this even comes to when we’re trying to build something new right in biomimicry. We use the example, quiet your cleverness. Don’t try to solve the problem too fast. Don’t try to be a human that’s clever, and comes up with an answer. Give yourself space to pause, allow ourselves to assess

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the situation, observe how it wants to unfold, take a step back before rushing in, being able to wait and look at it. This doesn’t mean we’re avoiding action. On the contrary.

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holding presence is a massive action. Anybody who’s ever been in a space where something is happening, and you have been asked to hold space for it. You know that at the end you’re exhausted. There is a big action happening in there, and so, therefore it means not avoidance, but allowing yourself to act with clarity, not from a place of fear or haste.

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Nature, Nature’s patience teaches us that it’s okay to wait.

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It’s okay to let things unfold. It’s okay to follow that flow. It’s okay to sit in the unknown without immediately having to force a solution.

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There is deep wisdom in allowing the soil of our lives to rest.

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allowing ourselves the space to root to grow those roots in quiet moments before reaching the light. Remember that episode I did on Scototropism, right growing towards the darkness, going through the darkness, and then, when I’m ready, emerging into the light, the pressure to do things quickly comes from societal conditioning, not from what nature teaches us.

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Nature shows us a different rhythm.

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The wisdom of taking the long view. The unseen preparation happening beneath the surface is one of the most powerful things we can learn from mature ecosystems.

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There’s a piece that comes from that understanding that we don’t have to force things to happen. We can be protagonist of their unfolding. We can be co-creators of their unfolding. I listen to what you need, and then I feed that and you listen to what I need, and then you feed that, and we slowly co-create this new reality in harmony with ourselves, with the environment.

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with all of the beings that live in that environment. Like nature, we can allow things to unfold at their own pace.

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And now that we’ve seen how these ecosystems use this disruption as an opportunity for growth and renewal.

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my question is, then how do we take these lessons into our personal lives? You know the key lies in all of this. In aligning our personal cycles to Nature’s rhythms each of us has.

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How do I say this? Each of us has this role in the larger cycle of life, right and just like a forest. Our personal growth doesn’t need to follow a rigid linear path. On the contrary, if you’re a multipotential or a multi-passionate person, you’ve probably been meandering and rumming and going from one direction to the other.

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the big question and one powerful way you can connect with your own cycle, and how that cycle interacts with a with a greater cycle is to ask yourself.

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what roots have I been growing?

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Think of it like planting a seed in fertile soil? At first, st you don’t have anything that’s above the ground, right? So you you just have this kind of what looks like barren earth. But you know that inside of there. There is a seed

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underneath. There’s a whole system of roots that’s quietly establishing themselves, and these roots are actually taking hold, and when they feel anchored, nurtured and ready, they’re going to break through the soil. Similarly, things like this may be happening in your own life. So, taking that time to reflect, especially after a disruption, to say, 1st of all, what is the nourishment that I need in this disruption

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also from that nourishment? How am I supposed to use that nourishment? And which way am I supposed to emerge? What is necessary for my emergence to become? I’m not saying what I’m going to emerge into, or when I should emerge. But what do I need in order to emerge? Right? Things may be happening in your life that you can’t yet see

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coming at you, especially after disturbance in many different ways that you’re not able to see because you’re still processing the disturbance itself.

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And so nature’s. This is where you’re to a certain extent preparing for something that hasn’t fully manifested yet. But that doesn’t mean you’re not growing just because you haven’t reached whatever that emergence endpoint you think might be

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doesn’t mean that there’s not continual growth that’s happening. The growth is in the process. I was just telling a friend of mine today, as we were talking about, she was telling me about a situation she’s going through, and I was saying that we put too much emphasis on the idea that she needs to figure out and fix that situation.

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I said. Maybe it has nothing to do with figuring out or fixing that situation.

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Maybe the most important piece of all of this is what’s happening right now, as you’re in the situation, especially with other people around you.

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That’s where the true growth is. That’s where the action is. That’s where the manifestation really is. It’s in what’s happening right now. It’s in those roots that are still hidden from everybody else. This is a big part of it. This is where Nature’s wisdom. We’re really thinking like a plant embracing your inner plantness comes into play.

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You don’t need to have everything figured out right away, just like a tree doesn’t grow overnight. The path unfolds in various different stages. Right? I start to grow towards the light, I might even start growing towards the darkness. 1st I grow towards the light, then there’s another impedance that might come, something that might try to hinder my path. So then I grow in another direction.

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maybe then something else. So maybe with that one. Instead, I partner and I grow intertwined, and then I move into a different way. Sometimes it’s about honoring that slow, steady growth

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that starts from beneath the surface and breaks through and then starts growing in both directions, because, remember, the roots never stop growing. So everything that you’re seeing above is happening

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below as well. Everything that you’re seeing happening outside of your life is happening inside of your life. So one of the best ways to find your particular role in this overall disruption that is happening is to ask nature for guidance, to look to your plant partners.

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to look at the beings of the area. If it’s a physical thing, or to ask those that are closest to you, which to me would be the houseplants that live with me or my plant business partner. Noel, like these are all the beings that I would ask for and say.

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Help me see the path, and allow those answers to come in different way. It might be like no name, Dracenia, that gives me those answers through movement. It might be like Spider Plant who gives it to me through healing. It might be like Noel who’s giving it to me through silent presence. It might be like Jana, who’s blooming through the winter like each one.

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gives me a different opportunity to see different aspects of myself. Different parts of my personality, different parts of my experiences, and to pull it up there. You don’t need to have all the answers now, but you can tune into the natural world around you. You can reflect on how ecosystems operate to understand things from a bigger concept, from a larger, more divine impact.

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You can take step back and observe how the seasons move through this, considering what am I being called to to grow in this period in my life? What seeds am I nurturing? That might need more time to develop, or I might be planting for a future. This is where tools like, for example, biomimicry, come in where, you can ask.

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how would nature handle the challenge and look for answers in the world around you? How would nature move water, which is a way of moving emotions. How does nature, instead, take up low levels of sunlight, which maybe I’m in a period in my life where I don’t have a lot of nourishment coming in.

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What happens? How would nature deal with a huge disruption like we talked about with the fires or with, you know, other kinds or a light gap that have the mature tree falling down.

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Look to the world around you for the answers.

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but even once you have that direction, it’s important to remember adapting, constantly adapting to changing conditions is key. It’s just so important, just as ecosystems continuously evolve. We, too, have the freedom to adjust and refine our path as we go. If a disruption occurs or conditions change.

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we can trust that we have the wisdom and the flexibility. If we built it into our systems in order to adapt to them, we resilience is through adaptation, and that’s the way that nature does it. And that’s the way we should do it as beings of nature. The power of this approach is all in its flexibility.

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dare I say in the world around us. Let’s just remember that growth and disruption is not only possible, it’s inevitable. We don’t have to fear the changes we can lean into them, trust into the cycles of life, and know that, like a forest, we, too, can emerge stronger after a period of renewal. But we need to take that period

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the wisdom of the ecosystem. What the ecosystem has to offer. The thinking, like an ecosystem, tells us that even in times of massive destruction. There is balance, there is growth.

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there is evolution, and there’s a deeper rhythm to align with and doing this changes everything. I hope this resonates with you. If it does, I would love to hear how you’ve seen growth emerge from disruption in your own life.

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share your thoughts with me, share your experiences with me, actually share them in the naturally conscious community, and if you haven’t already make sure to subscribe for more like subscribe, hit the like button comment wherever it is that you’re experiencing this so that you can also share this nature inspired wisdom with yourself and also with others.

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you know. Let’s talk about the ways to live in alignment with the rhythm of lives. Let’s talk about the idea of how to connect to our inner plantness and to our inner animalness. How do we go and tap into that intuition? And how do we sit in that stillness?

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if this episode sparked something in you, I want to invite you to join us in the naturally conscious community. This is a space designed specifically for multi-passionate, neurodivergent creatives that are ready to embrace the rhythms of nature in their personal and professional lives.

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It’s really a place, and every time I go in there it’s just so special to me. It’s a place to explore your unique gifts, no matter how

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weirder woo they might seem to find clarity in this, you know evolving purpose of yours, and to deepen your connection with the plant world to co-create with the plant world. We truly believe in there that growing at your own pace and honoring your own cycles is the most important piece, just the same as nature does, just the same as we as nature do.

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So if you’ve been searching for community, if you are looking for community that nurtures your creative evolution and helps you thrive without rushing through the process.

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The naturally conscious community is exactly where you’re meant to be. And if you’re feeling like there’s so much more you want to do. But it’s hard to find your place in the midst of it all. I’d love to work with you, one on one. I was looking through a I joined a new Facebook groups for multipassionates just today, and as I was reading the comments

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and the, you know, the different posts. It was heartbreaking. It was heartbreaking because basically, when people were asking for advice of like, How do you do so and so, when you have so much, so many ideas, and the answers from most people were, I don’t. I try, but I fail. I haven’t found a system that works for me.

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and it was heartbreaking. It was heartbreaking. Because I know that it works. I know it, and that’s why, if you are experiencing that if you have all these different ideas, if your mind is running in different directions, if you feel like you’re not seeing the world the way anybody else sees it. I’d love to work with you, one on one together. I am positive we can tune into our natural flow so that you can align all of these really

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disparate passions with your true

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true purpose, and start seeing the vision take root, I specialize in working with creative multipotentialites, or, as like, I said, neurodivergence, which somebody like some, some like to use.

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the mind is this unique piece that is about helping it find its flow. And I love that I love holding that space for you to be able to explore through the process of embracing your full potential without forcing yourself into any kind of societal mold.

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I want you to create a plan that respects your timing, your unique way of seeing things, the wisdom you draw from nature. But, more importantly, the way that your mind puts these all together to weave that tapestry. I want you to be able to make a lasting, meaningful, evolutive change in your life

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the way that works best for you. So if you’re ready to stop feeling overwhelmed

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by everything that you are, and start flowing with your true essence. I’m here to support you. So let’s connect. It’s all in the show notes and find a way that feels as natural as the cycles of life itself find everything you need right here below in the show notes. So thank you for being here together. I know that we’re going to be able to navigate all of these cycles of growth and change just as nature teaches us to do.

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So. That’s it. For this episode. Remember, resist the urge to hold back your emerging green brilliance. I can’t wait to see how you continue to bloom.

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connect with like-minded individuals collaborating with plants to integrate these insights into life, intro and outro music by Steve Sciulli and poinsettia from the singing life of plants. That’s it for me, Tigrilla, Gardenia, and my plant collaborators until next time. Remember, resist the urge to hold back your emerging green brilliance.

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I’m out bye.