They say it takes a village to raise a child and that's true. And it also takes a village to launch a podcast. I wanted to give a shout out to the people on my launch crew for a signed reading who helped spread the word in this first week. These are the folks who took time out of their schedule to be a part of getting people excited about this new show. And I am so grateful to them.

• Meg Wheeler, Equitable Money Project
• Madeline Reeves, Fearless Foundry
• Lindsay Phillips, Smooth Business Podcasting
• Amelia Hruby, Off the Grid
• Kim Romain, Life & Business Alchemist
• Lena Gosik-Wolf, Nora Magazine
• Sarah Dittmore, The Empress and The Fool podcast
• Andréa Jones, OnlineDrea Inc.
• Meg Casebolt, Love At First Search
• Lyndsay Clements, Ellen Grace Marketing
• Heather Vickery, Was it Chance Podcast
• Nicole Havelka, Defy the Trend
• Phoenix Carlson, Two Lazy Dogs
• Jen Vertanen, We the Unruly
• Valerie Friedlander, Valerie Friedlander Coaching
• Nicole Pickens, Resonant Word
• Cher Hale, For the Attention
• Kandas Rodarte, Gratitude Geek Podcast
• Jacki Hayes, OBM
• Amy Taylor, Advancing With Amy
• Dacy Gillespie, mindful closet

Thank you all so much. And there were many, many more. These are the folks who actually filled out a form to let me know they would be sharing, but I know there are more people who've been out there sharing as well. And so thank you to all of you.

And thank you so much to the Feminist Podcasters Collective, of which Assigned Reading is a proud member, of which I am a proud leader. We are an amazing community of podcasters who are independent creators who are trying to amplify the voices of marginalized folks who care deeply about social justice. And that is an incredible support community that has also been there every step of the way of this show from ideation to release and helping to promote.

So thank you all. Thanks those of you who are on the Launch Crew and thank you listeners. I'm gonna link to all of those people in the show notes and I'd be grateful if you took a moment to go learn more about them and say thank you for their efforts. I hope you're loving the show. Thank you for listening. And let's get back to the regularly scheduled programming.

This week’s guest:
Nancy Harris (she/her) is an executive coach, keynote speaker, and facilitator supporting leaders and organizations committed to equity, people-centered work, and transformational change. She’s the founder of Restart Consulting, host of The Intersection podcast, and a lifelong nature-lover rediscovering the power of slowing down.

Find Nancy:
🌐 restartconsulting.com
🎧 The Intersection podcast
📱 LinkedIn

Discussed in this episode:

• The objectification of nature—and the people we treat like objects too
• How Indigenous language teaches respect through grammar and animacy
• What it means to re-humanize the world around us
• Why slowing down is radical and reconnecting is revolutionary
• The power of rest, seasonality, and nature as a model for leadership
• What “nature deficit disorder” is and why we feel it so deeply
• How language has been used to colonize, erase, and devalue
• Parallels between natural resource extraction and human exploitation
• Why mindfulness and appreciation can be powerful acts of resistance
• How we might live and lead differently by learning from the earth

Resources mentioned:

• “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer

• “Wintering” by Katherine May

• On Being podcast with Krista Tippett
• ”The Other End of the Leash” by Patricia McConnell
• “The Privatization of Everything” by Donald Cohen & Allen Mikaelian

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