Feeling Stuck? It’s Because One of Your Most Crucial Human Skills Is Going Extinct

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 our click-and-collect, same day delivery, frenetic consumer mindset has infiltrated everything, including how we do therapy, coaching, rest, and healing....and how this is all causing the the quiet but catastrophic extinction of one of our key human capacities....patience.Join me to explore:Why your impatience is getting worse (me too) How colonial-capitalist systems rewired us to hate slowness, uncertainty, and processWhat we lose when we lose patience  (hint: a lot, and it's important )The myth of instant transformation... and what change actually asks of usHow living systems (like you and me) actually metabolise change, and why it can’t be rushedWhat Nature says about all this (begrudgingly, of course...she's grumpy with me today)Mentioned or relevant:Get support or guidance from me hereHazelnuts!Nature likes The Rolling Stones ...of course. One swear word this time. The golden carpet of possibility which is a lawn covered in gingko leaves The people I work with are using (and contributing to) this companion resource at the moment: An Earnestly Incomplete Non-Guide for the Disillusioned, the Lost and the Totally BewilderedI have workshops in Aotearoa or online coming up in the next few months: if you’d like updates and invitations,  pop yourself on to my Friends ListI write on Substack too—come hang out there if you wanna.Everything I do is by donation or gift. You can donate to support my work here if you want (thank you, amazing person)I'm presenting at the Work That Reconnects Network 10 year anniversary celebrations very shortly. Details and registration here. Gosh what a stupendous amount of links.Thank you so much for being with me today. You are a long drink of gurgling spring water 💧