Renaturing brings together all the pieces of who we are, at the deepest, most natural level, to a cohesive, conscious whole. This means stripping away what we learned but doesn’t serve us anymore. It means learning, relearning, who we are and how to trust that.
Once we have that knowledge and trust, we get to be who we were always meant to be. It feels like freedom. Or coming home. It feels like pre-destiny because we stray so far, becoming denatured, in our effort to become modern-day humans.
In this episode Brian Tellor joins me as I talk about me, my journey to now, and the
basis of my work. I talk a bit about my childhood and chronic illness in my family. And
I touch on a ton of topics: Nature vs. Nurture, personality, trauma adaptations, being a
“good girl,” mental health, connection with my body and other people, regenerative
farming, imposter syndrome, feeling trapped, freedom. Oh, and renaturing, the term I
use for coming back home, to ourselves, our true nature, and walking our own paths in
life.
In this episode Brian Tellor joins me as I talk about Renaturing. This is the word I use for
the process of rebuilding ourselves. Pulling ourselves back together after a lifetime of
denaturing at the hands of society, culture, trauma, and fitting in as appropriate and
acceptable. Renaturing includes mother nature, animal nature, human nature, and our
true nature or core nature. It is wholeness, a living yin yang, boundaries, instincts,
respect, and learning from other types of nature.
In this episode Brian Tellor joins me as I talk about Freedom. These concepts,
Renaturing, Freedom, are hard to talk about. I’m all over the place, discussing what
freedom feels like, and how renaturing brings that feeling. I pull in the ideas of Daoism,
enlightenment, integrity, and truth.
In this episode Brian Tellor joins me as I talk about the body. The false dualism of how
our body is separate, a biological vehicle for our minds. I talk a bit about my journey
from ignoring my body until I got my own chronic illness to reconnecting my whole
organism. There’s some talk about pain, our microbiome and how we are a
superorganism, and a little suggestion to start to get in touch with your own body.
In this episode Brian Tellor joins me as I talk about feeling trapped. At least, that’s how
my mind and reflexes translates everything bad in my life. This is a bit of a dive into
those feelings, what I wanted to get out of. But it’s hard to sit in that place, so mostly, I
talk about big and little ways to get out of that feeling. The whole process of
renaturing is to do this, of course, but choice, language, movement, nature, and
connection can all help in the moment.
In this episode Brian Tellor joins me as I talk about trauma. Or, I should say, “my
trauma.” I’m not an expert with credentials, so I am careful to discuss only my own
journey with developmental trauma and acute trauma, trauma adaptations, and trauma
healing, including triggers and being triggered, dissociation and re-inhabiting the
body. We also both talk about the trauma of living today, in this society and culture.
In this episode Brian Tellor joins me as I talk about expectations. We exist under a
heavy load of expectations: societal expectations, cultural expectations, familial
expectations, personal expectations. I take a dive into how powerful language is to our
minds and our personal authority and agency.
In this episode Brian Tellor joins me as I talk about energy. This is about scientific
energy, personal energy, and holistic energy healing. I talk about physical and mental
health challenges as well as trauma and magic.
In this episode, Brian Tellor joins me as I talk about Creativity. This is not about artistic endeavors so much as living outside of the box. Learning yourself, how to identify the things that light your fire, and running with those things. DIversifying your life to include lots of enriching things, instead of just a single career that’s supposed to make you happy.
E10: Bushwacking
In this episode, Brian Tellor joins me as I talk about Bushwacking. This is my term for living a life on my terms, without following the railways, highways, secondary roads, or even the dirt roads or hiking trails. I discuss this metaphor or how I envision finding the safety and confidence to live life in a way I was either not taught to, or taught not to!
I also have been a guest on a few podcasts, here are the recordings from the Conquering Everest Podcast:
Betsy is a Freedom Guide, specializing in renaturing: finding and trusting your true nature. As a nature guide, she walks with you while you look for personal freedom.
Betsy is a Freedom Guide, specializing in renaturing: finding and trusting your true nature. As a nature guide, she walks with you while you look for personal freedom. In this episode, Betsy helps me break through a limiting belief about trust.