In Our Nature
Episodes
🏕️ Back in 2026: Gone Bush 🏞️
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gone Bush is a legitimate phrase (and complete sentence) in Aotearoa New Zealand. The In Our Nature podcast will be back for another season in 2026. ...
Coming Together to Go Forth: Molly Brown on Activism & the Work That Reconnects
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today I'm joined by the wise, generous, and captivating Molly Brown: author, facilitator, and long-time practioner of The Work That Reconnects (a...
Seeing with New & Ancient Eyes: Astrology & the Work That Reconnects
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final part of our short interlude exploring the archetypical language of astrology in the context of our time of extraordinary planetary u...
“Look,” said the Cosmos, “Everything Is Never Not Unfolding in a Dynamic Cycle of Life and Death”
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is part two of our short interlude exploring the archetypical language of astrology in the context of our time of extraordinary planetary upheava...
This Ancient Language of Nature Has Much to Say About Our Time of Unravelling
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who fancies a short side-quest away from the connection between our mental health and planetary heath today? Although we won’t be going far, becaus...
When the Western Model of Mental Health Is the Problem (& What Animism & Myth Have to Say About Anxiety)
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The prevailing Western approach to mental health often treats anxiety, grief, sadness, despair and other challenges as individual problems to be fixed...
Shedding the Stories That No Longer Make Sense (Even When It's Hard & Lonely)
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a horrifying-but-necessary act of intimacy, I am inviting you to join me on a journey of shedding in today’s episodeNature shows us that death is...
An Update For These Extraordinarily Precarious Times
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Offered as a companion episode to the just-released "Shedding the Stories That No Longer Make Sense (Even When It's Hard & Lonely)"...
How to Explain Your Terrible Sense of Fear & Dread to Someone Who Really Doesn’t Seem to Care
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My normal pod workflow is still interrupted by the demands of …well…being an earthling in these times trying to serve people outside of the normat...
Where I Explain Our Worsening Mental Health to My Friends’ Dog
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today is a bit different. My original pod is delayed so I'm reading part of a resource I use in one of my classes, there's also an adapted v...
Feeling Stuck? It’s Because One of Your Most Crucial Human Skills Is Going Extinct
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Another title for this pod could be: "My clients are complaining that I don't fix them fast enough"Today we're poking around how o...
The Transformative, Luminous Power of Honouring Our Pain: with Kathleen Rude & The Work That Reconnects
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today I'm joined by the wise, kind and amazing Kathleen Rude — a long-time facilitator of The Work That Reconnects among many other roles and...
Are You Feeling Your Feelings … or THINKING Your Feelings? (And Why Your Answer Really Matters)
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most of the people I work with think they know how to feel their feelings. They are feeling their feelings all the time, they tell me. But many of the...
Why You Might Be Feeling a Bit Crazy: The Maddening Paradoxes of our Time
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you feel like you’re quietly losing your mind while the world carries on like everything’s normal, then I have good news: You are not only quit...
That Mean Voice In Your Head Is Not You. It's Just a Goblin
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You know that inner voice that tells you you’re lazy, unlovable, unproductive, failing in life, worthless and ugly? Many of us listen to that inner...
What Happens When Our Spiritual Grounding & Our Meaning-Making Frameworks for Life Stop...Helping?
08 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nice to see you, but this is a non-episode so don’t get too comfy. I'm calling on your input around a theme that’s come up in our recent epi...
The Profound Gifts That Only Collapse & Breaking Down Can Reveal
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join me for part two of our conversation on collapse, unravelling and breakdown. It’s way better than it sounds, promise. This one has gifts and tre...
It's In Our Nature to Unravel & Collapse (& Why Seeing This Can Actually Help Anxiety)
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about the most fundamental of cosmic laws. One that governs everything from stars, to soil, to the thoughts in your mind. A cos...
Why We Need The Anxious, Overwhelmed, Sensitive Overthinkers. Right Now. Exactly As You Are. Please Come
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you relate to being anxious, sensitive, easily overwhelmed or always overthinking every darn thing....this is my call to you.Today we're explo...
These Little Thoughts Are Keeping Us Away From Peace & Clarity (And They Aren’t Even Ours)
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re exploring the thought patterns that keep us stuck in cycles of overwhelm, guilt, and inaction, and that block change, prevent peace and ...
Is It in Our Nature To Be Restless, Unsettled and Anxious?
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a re-release from season one that traces a familiar experience: feeling anxious and restless even when there’s ‘nothing to worry a...
Why You Never, Ever Feel Good Enough (Even Though You Are Somewhat Amazing)
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re poking our sticky fingers into the feelings of worthlessness and inadequacy that so many of us carry. Why do we think we’re not enough? Wher...
What Happens When the Space We Need for Our Mental Wellbeing Is Being Sold off to the Highest Bidder?
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you feel like your mind, car, house, desk, local supermarket and —everywhere, actually, come to think of it— is chaotic, cluttered, full and bu...
What a Weird Coincidence That Both Our Mental Health and the Earth’s Systems Are More Fragile Than Ever (It’s Like We Are Intimately Connected or Something)
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You know how we humans can fall apart or lose our sh*t when under too much pressure, stress, or neglect? Ever noticed that that’s what’s happenin...
You Have a Radically Powerful (But Highly Misunderstood) Gift That Can Transform Your Experience of a World in Chaos
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ok, you want to know what your radically powerful (but highly misunderstood) gift that can transform your experience of a world in chaos is without li...
This Myth About Human Nature Is Making Us Feel Anxious & Worthless (Oh, And Completely Wrecking Our Planet)
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are poking at the slimy, damaging myth of Homo Economicus—the cold, self-interested, rational creature that modern economics says we all ar...
Why Are We Pretending Normal Life Is Fine When It’s Actually Very Unnatural and Weird?
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode discusses lying in the foetal position in a dark room and the desire to drink gin during the day while hiding under a duvet. Can you rela...
Imagination, Stories & Systems: The Forces Shaping These Times with Sarah Patterson of Common Earth
31 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Looking for fascinating insights into the intersection of human behaviour and our planetary predicament? Curious about the connection between our stor...
"All Of This" (gestures around wildly) "Is Not in Our Nature"
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of In Our Nature, where we explore the invisible forces, currents and stories shaping our inner and outer worlds.In the e...
Introducing: In Our Nature
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Absolutely everything is interconnected in astonishing dynamic ways that we are only beginning to understand. The In Our Nature explores these connect...
That Calm Mind You Yearn For? The Books, Courses, Coaching & Podcasts Might Not Be Helping (Including This One)
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is asking you to check in with yourself to see if the podcasts, courses, books and so on are helping with your enjoyment of life ...
“We Have an Inner Compass to Guide Us Through an Uncertain Future” With Rebecca Gardner
29 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today I am joined by Certified Change Coach, meditation teacher, loving mother and delightful human Rebecca Gardner.Becca guides people in transformin...
How Innocent Little Words Contribute to Big, Prickly Thought-Stories
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're poking at the power of teeny, innocent-seeming words in creating enormous, perilous towers of thought stories. Join me to meander th...
We’ve Made up What Mental Illness Is (And Who Decides What’s Normal Anyway?)
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode we are exploring how our concepts of mental health and illness are not fixed truths but socially constructed ideas. What’s n...
Expanding the Conversation to Meet These Extraordinarily Precarious Times
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You know how we say that peace and wellbeing are our true nature? Well, have you ever wondered why we are living in times of perilous uncertainty, unp...
That Always-Tired Feeling: Thought Problem, Body Problem, or Something Else?
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tired? Yep. Seems many of us are struggling with tiredness as the speed of society gathers pace each year. This episode is about 34 minutes. Take a na...
How That Anxious, Restless, Unsettled Feeling Is Originally Created (Clue: It’s Nothing to Do with You)
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's the first episode back after the summer break and I can't wait to talk about horrid feelings with you. Join me for an exploration on t...
How to Answer Your Own Questions When Everything Is Confusing and Weird
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join me to explore how we can answer our questions, solve our problems and get clarity and guidance from within.We often want to seek guidance and cou...
'The Limitless Potential that Lies Beyond Our Habitual Thinking' with Sarah Armitage and Michelle McCartan
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What an honour to have Sarah Armitage and Michelle McCartan as my special guests on the Inner Peace & Other Cool Shit podcast.Both Sarah and Miche...
"The Peace & Calm You Want Is Right There....Really" with Lisa Esile
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I loved having Lisa Esile as my special guest on the Inner Peace & Other Cool Shit podcast. As well as being a writer and author, Lisa specialise...
"But My Problems Create My Thoughts, So How Does This Stuff Even Help Me?"
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever been musing on the inside-out nature of the human experience and thought..."Feelings come from thoughts, so you say? OK. Maybe. But...
From the Archives: Your Experience Is Always Moving (And Why This Matters)
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm plucking a popular early episode out of the archives, dusting it off and serving it with a side of my fresh-this-morning opinion. Everything...
The Ordinary, Everyday Clues That Reveal Our Anxiety-Busting Powers (That We Completely Ignore)
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are taking a look at the cool clues and hidden hints in everyday life that point to our human design...and why we ignore them or miss them to...
"We Will Always, Always Find Our Way Back" With Erika Bugbee
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How wonderful to have Erika Bugbee as my special guest on the Inner Peace & Other Cool Shit podcast. Erika specialises in working with teens, you...
Anxiety Freedom: Big Fat Myths Debunked (Part 2)
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please join me for the second part of our exploration into myths and misconceptions around having less anxiety and more peace. We'll cover:An ex...
From the Archives: Your Brain Is (Still) Just Being a Brain
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm plucking a popular early episode out of the vault, dusting it off and serving it like an aged cheese. For those that haven't heard this...
Your Feelings Don't Need an Explanation, Cause or Reason
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We humans love to match our feelings with a thing out there in the outside world, don't we? And no wonder - all of society is set up to reinforce...
"Well, That's Cats for You"
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hello dear friends. Come and join me for a few minutes as I explain why the publishing of the podcast has been interrupted (mostly blaming my cat and ...
"We Can Be Free To Live Life" With Dr Bill Pettit
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What an utter privilege and joy to have Dr William F. Pettit, Jr, MD ("Can I call you Bill?") as my special guest on the podcast. Dr Bill P...
Anxiety Freedom: Big Fat Myths Debunked (Part 1)
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Us humans seem to think that a journey to less anxiety and more peace will look a certain way. But that’s utter rubbish. We think there’s a path ...
"Your Mind Quiets Itself" With Dave Berman
20 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What fun to have coach, laughter expert and vibrant human Dave Berman on the Inner Peace & Other Cool Shit podcast. Dave has laughed with people ...
Your Insights, Realisations, Contemplations...and Complaints!
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for your insights, realisations, contemplations and ....um...complaints! Back in the episode Connection, Feelings, Knowing & Trees...
"That Chatter In Your Head Isn't Who You Are" With Lindsey Elliott
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What a joy to have the warm, witty and wonderful Lindsey Elliott on the podcast recently. Lindsey is the owner and founder of Lindsey Elliott Coaching...
Befriending Uncertainty A Little Bit (Part 2)
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join me for part 2 of our fresh look at uncertainty. We'll look at how to actually deal with uncertainty, AND what to do when the bad-thing-that-...
Befriending Uncertainty A Little Bit (Part 1)
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ah, us humans hate uncertainty don't we? But why? No, really. Why? Join me to take a fresh look at Uncertainty In this two-parter.Come and explor...
"You Have an Intuitive Knowing That Helps You Navigate Life” with Dicken Bettinger
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I was incredibly honoured to have Dicken Bettinger as my special guest on the podcast. Dicken is an author, mentor, speaker, guide, and board member o...
“We are Never Stuck... Life is Always Flowing" with Stephen Ladd
19 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Ladd joins me on the podcast today for a hopeful, light-yet-deep and wisdom-packed conversation.Stephen, also known as The Renegade Life Coach...
Connection, Feelings, Knowing & Trees: A Birthday Special
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This special episode celebrates the first birthday of the podcast. The show is a dribbling, babbling, messy one-year-old!Come and explore: What the ...
“Who We Really Are Is Unbreakable” with Wyn Morgan
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I can’t wait to share an intriguing, wisdom-filled and utterly delightful conversation with Wyn Morgan in this episode.Wyn is a highly experienced e...
The Missing Piece For Creating Change in Life
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why are we not seeing the changes we want in life, even when are working really hard to get them? There's a bit we are missing and it's f*ck...
“We Are Not Our Thinking” with Gabi Fisher
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I can’t wait to share a conversation I had with Gabi Fisher in this episode.Gabi is a wife, full-time mother to her one-year-old daughter, and par...
Understanding the Nature of Humans Makes Everything Easier
28 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join me to explore the true nature of human beings (including and especially YOU), and how seeing how we are designed changes the experience of though...
Freedom From Anxiety Begins With This Unsexy Little Word
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join me to explore the incredible power of NOTICING when it comes to finding freedom from overthinking, worry and anxiety. 'Noticing' sound...
“Being Open to Every Possibility” with Kristy Halvorsen
07 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I can't wait to share a conversation between me and Kristy Halvorsen in this episode.Kristy is an author, a guide, a mentor and a nomadic world t...
A Fresh Look at Goals, Planning & Being Better Humans (Part 2)
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
URGH. If you're tired of the usual goal-setting malarky at this time of year, join me for the second part of our fresh look at this whole thing**...
A Fresh Look at Goals, Planning & Being Better Humans (Part 1)
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s that time of year when we are bombarded with messages to set goals, review our year, make plans for the next year, improve ourselves and genera...
"Security Is Built-In" with Christine Heath and Judy Sedgeman
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I loved having Christine Heath and Judy Sedgeman as my special guests on the pod! Chris and Judy have been working with groups, individuals, couples a...
Should We Try to Manage, Control or Change Our Thoughts? (Part 2)
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hang out with me for the second part of our two-parter on 'thought work' and what we should be doing with this incessant, powerful thought-t...
Should We Try to Manage, Control or Change Our Thoughts? (Part 1)
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I'm recovering from a cold so if you can handle the un-edit-out-able sniffles, then join me while we take a look at managing, controlling or chan...
"We Are Okay No Matter What" with Daniel Magnusson
12 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I loved having Daniel Magnusson as my special guest on the pod! Daniel is a coach with a zillion years of experience and extensive professional traini...
Unexpectedly Returning To Peace and Calm: Your Stories
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join me while I share your stories of returning to peace and calm after feeling intense anger, hurt, overwhelm and panic.Come and explore: Tales fro...
"Our Feelings Are Letting Us Know How Useful Our Thinking Is" with Clare Downham
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It was brilliant to have Clare Downham, Queen of Calm, on the show. Clare was a busy and successful headteacher before burning out and becoming a hypn...
Where Do Those Crappy Thoughts Come From Anyway?
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We recently explored how we don't create our thoughts. We can't control them and we don't 'think' them up. So where do they c...
"Goals Are Just a Mirage" with Matt Roberts
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It was brilliant to have Matt Roberts on the show. Matt is a psychological performance coach and former international high jumper who now works with a...
You Are Not Your Thoughts...So Who Are You Then? (Part 2)
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to part 2 of our exploration! Perhaps you may be on board with the idea that you are not your thoughts (part one is here if you missed it)...s...
You Are Not Your Thoughts...So Who Are You Then? (Part 1)
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you take your thoughts seriously? Do you think you create them? Do you think your thoughts are advising you of important information about you, the...
You’re The Best Person To Call Bullsh*t On All That Anxiety Advice
10 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you are struggling with ....well, anything....it's natural you'll want some help from those who think they can provide it. Yay for helpfu...
"Your Anxiety Will Take Care of Itself" with James Abbott
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It was my honour to have the amazing, smart and funny James Abbott on the show. James is an expert in helping young people transform their relationshi...
Do You Have Imposter Syndrome or Are You Actually Just Shit?
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ah, Imposter Syndrome. Another thing to diagnose ourselves with, manage or cure. Oh, great. But the sting of Imposter Syndrome is that if you don&apos...
How To Move Forward When You Don't Know What To Do
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Just don’t trust your thoughts when you’re feeling rubbish!” people like me seem to say, making it sound way too simple. Grrr for people like...
"A Mind Is Constantly Trying To Tell a Story About What We Feel" with special guest Dr Amy Johnson
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s our very first guest episode on the show and WHAT A GUEST! I have mentioned Dr Amy Johnson in a number of episodes so it was a dream to chat wi...
Less Anxiety and Overthinking, More Peace and Calm: The Recipe
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to put together everything we've been exploring on the show so far into a yummy recipe. If you want to experience WAY LESS anxiety...
But How Do We Know We Don’t Need to Believe Our Crappy Thoughts?
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you like the sound of not having to believe your crappy, hurtful, mean and scary thoughts but you want to know for sure that it works this way, or ...
Finding Peace From Those Pesky Intrusive Thoughts
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you suffer from repetitive, ultra-distressing, shit-feeling thoughts? You're not alone, friend. Today we're talking about those peace-ste...
Living In More Harmony With All Those Other Humans
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gosh, it sure looks like those other humans can make life hard sometimes. It's because of them that we get upset, angry, anxious and annoyed. If ...
'Catastrophising' Is The Brain's Love Language
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If your brain is always hurling itself toward the Worst Possible Outcome with no regard for likelihood, reason or reality, then HIGH FIVE my friend! Y...
The One With Your Questions
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I answer a few of your questions about the stuff we're talking about on the podcast. Y'know, stuff like seeing thoughts and feelings in a ne...
Thought: How to Use This Mind-Boggling Superpower
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thought is so much more than our personal, me-me-me thinking. Thought creates our life and understanding this incredible ....energy....thingy....means...
You Don't Need a Tool or Technique To Fix Something That's Not Broken
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tried all the things to calm your frantic mind but you're still not fixed? Are you earnestly on the lookout for the next tool, technique, strateg...
But What About When An Actual Bad Thing Happens?
21 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you are like: "yeah, I kinda see anxiety and worry is just a speedy mind but what about when a Real Life Bad Thing Happens?"...then this ...
Clarity, Creativity, Confidence, Joy, Resilience & Lots of Other Cool Shit
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ever heard or read that 'everything you need is inside you' and thought it was a load of crap? Same! But it's actually true. You are fu...
Your Experience Is Always Moving (And Why This Matters)
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Everything is always changing: out there in the world and inside you. Our thoughts, feelings, moods, perspectives, ideas, emotions, opinions and every...
Lots Of Low Moods? Join The Club With 7.8bn Members!
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We all experience low moods. All of us. A lot! But a rubbish mood isn't all that rubbish when we know what's going on Come and explore: Ho...
Your Frenzied, Overthinking Mind Will Calm Itself (If You Let It)
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hot news: our human minds are designed to settle on their own, completely naturally. But, unfortunately, we mistakenly keep our minds all stirred up a...
Your Brain Is Just Being A Brain
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you experience a ton of negative thinking, catastrophising, ruminating and unwanted comparison and judgement, then congratulations! You have a he...
The Astonishing Power Of Your Own Insight
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Insight is a brand new, totally fresh experience of thought...and life. They are big and small and loud and quiet and hard and soft and everything in ...
Your Inner GPS Is 37,121,603x Better Than Google Maps
26 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ever heard that little voice inside tell you to do (or not do) something? I bet you ignored it, right? Yep. Me too. Well we need to stop doing that be...
Let's Find That Inner Peace Then, Shall We?
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Inner peace. Ahhhh. Sounds nice, huh? Want some? Think you need to do a ton of stuff to get there? Good news: inner peace is already inside, waiting t...
Feelings Are Simple Little Things Really
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hot news! Feelings are not the complicated phenomena we need to manage, control, process, heal, or any of that. Feelings are very simple and totally...
The Enormous Misunderstanding About Our Thoughts
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our lives are a constant stream of thinking. It could be a good idea to understand the nature of thought, right? In this episode we're looking ...