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The Truth About Interconnectedness: Why Every Choice Matters

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In this powerful solo episode, Darin Olien takes you on a deeply personal, poetic, and science-backed journey into one of the most essential — and overlooked — truths of our time: we are not separate from nature. We are nature.

From Yellowstone’s trophic cascades to the microbes in your gut, Darin weaves together quantum physics, ecology, indigenous wisdom, and modern biology to reveal the truth of our profound interconnectedness. Every choice we make — what we eat, how we shop, what we wear — sends ripples through the web of life.

This episode isn’t just about the planet. It’s about your soul. It’s about understanding that what we do to others, animals, and ecosystems, we do to ourselves — biologically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Breakdown


We also Discuss

00:00 – What if everything truly is connected?
01:00 – Why harming the planet harms your body
01:50 – Yellowstone wolves & trophic cascades
02:40 – The Earth’s $125 trillion ecosystem services
03:30 – How pollution weakens nature — and us
04:20 – Your body is a living ecosystem
05:00 – The cost of sanitizing away our immunity
06:00 – Mirror neurons, empathy, and brain resonance
07:40 – Cambridge Declaration on animal consciousness
08:30 – Factory farming, antibiotic resistance, and emissions
09:15 – Indigenous wisdom: “Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ” – All are related
10:00 – Quantum physics and David Bohm’s implicit order
10:30 – Aligning with the web of life through action
11:30 – What your food, clothes, and chemicals say about you
12:45 – Endocrine disruption and teenage hormone crashes
14:20 – Earth as a living organism: Steiner and Gaia theory
16:30 – Why biodynamic farming mirrors natural harmony
18:00 – How your small choices affect the planet
20:00 – Meditation, stillness, and nature as healing
21:30 – Why ego wants to disconnect — and how to stop it
22:30 – Every choice generates life… or cuts it off
23:30 – The ripple effect of conscious living
24:30 – Your lettuce, your sunlight, your sacred connection

LINKS

Find more from Darin:

Website: https://darinolien.com/

Instagram: @Darinolien

Book: darinolien.com/fatal-conveniences-book/

Down to Earth: darinolien.com/down-to-earth/

SPONSORS

Our Place: Toxic-free, durable cookware that supports healthy cooking. Use code DARIN for 10% off at fromourplace.com.

Fatty15: Get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to fatty15.com/DARIN and using code DARIN at checkout.

I hope you enjoyed this episode of The Darin Olien Show! If you want to support or follow the podcast, here’s how:

Subscribe, rate or listen on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher

Follow my Instagram to keep updated on the podcast, weekly deep dives and other projects that I’m supporting (and the occasional Chaga appreciation post)

Sign up for my Weekly Email to keep up with what I’m tuned into.

For feedback or suggestions, email my team at [email protected]

Find the list of brands & products that get the big tick of approval from me here.

Comment below to join the discussion!

  continue reading

515 episodes

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Manage episode 485774468 series 2744568
Content provided by Darin Olien. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Darin Olien or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

In this powerful solo episode, Darin Olien takes you on a deeply personal, poetic, and science-backed journey into one of the most essential — and overlooked — truths of our time: we are not separate from nature. We are nature.

From Yellowstone’s trophic cascades to the microbes in your gut, Darin weaves together quantum physics, ecology, indigenous wisdom, and modern biology to reveal the truth of our profound interconnectedness. Every choice we make — what we eat, how we shop, what we wear — sends ripples through the web of life.

This episode isn’t just about the planet. It’s about your soul. It’s about understanding that what we do to others, animals, and ecosystems, we do to ourselves — biologically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Breakdown


We also Discuss

00:00 – What if everything truly is connected?
01:00 – Why harming the planet harms your body
01:50 – Yellowstone wolves & trophic cascades
02:40 – The Earth’s $125 trillion ecosystem services
03:30 – How pollution weakens nature — and us
04:20 – Your body is a living ecosystem
05:00 – The cost of sanitizing away our immunity
06:00 – Mirror neurons, empathy, and brain resonance
07:40 – Cambridge Declaration on animal consciousness
08:30 – Factory farming, antibiotic resistance, and emissions
09:15 – Indigenous wisdom: “Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ” – All are related
10:00 – Quantum physics and David Bohm’s implicit order
10:30 – Aligning with the web of life through action
11:30 – What your food, clothes, and chemicals say about you
12:45 – Endocrine disruption and teenage hormone crashes
14:20 – Earth as a living organism: Steiner and Gaia theory
16:30 – Why biodynamic farming mirrors natural harmony
18:00 – How your small choices affect the planet
20:00 – Meditation, stillness, and nature as healing
21:30 – Why ego wants to disconnect — and how to stop it
22:30 – Every choice generates life… or cuts it off
23:30 – The ripple effect of conscious living
24:30 – Your lettuce, your sunlight, your sacred connection

LINKS

Find more from Darin:

Website: https://darinolien.com/

Instagram: @Darinolien

Book: darinolien.com/fatal-conveniences-book/

Down to Earth: darinolien.com/down-to-earth/

SPONSORS

Our Place: Toxic-free, durable cookware that supports healthy cooking. Use code DARIN for 10% off at fromourplace.com.

Fatty15: Get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to fatty15.com/DARIN and using code DARIN at checkout.

I hope you enjoyed this episode of The Darin Olien Show! If you want to support or follow the podcast, here’s how:

Subscribe, rate or listen on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher

Follow my Instagram to keep updated on the podcast, weekly deep dives and other projects that I’m supporting (and the occasional Chaga appreciation post)

Sign up for my Weekly Email to keep up with what I’m tuned into.

For feedback or suggestions, email my team at [email protected]

Find the list of brands & products that get the big tick of approval from me here.

Comment below to join the discussion!

  continue reading

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