EPISODE · May 20, 2025 · 47 MIN
Objectification Begins With Words: Reading Robin Wall Kimmerer with Nancy Harris
from Assigned Reading with Becky Mollenkamp: Conversations about Feminist Essays · host Becky Mollenkamp
Get "Liberate Your Business" by Becky Mollenkamp https://liberateyourbusiness.com/This week’s text: ✍️ “Speaking of Nature” by Robin Wall KimmererThis 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 📱 LinkedInDiscussed in this episode:The objectification of nature—and the people we treat like objects tooHow Indigenous language teaches respect through grammar and animacyWhat it means to re-humanize the world around usWhy slowing down is radical and reconnecting is revolutionaryThe power of rest, seasonality, and nature as a model for leadershipWhat “nature deficit disorder” is and why we feel it so deeplyHow language has been used to colonize, erase, and devalueParallels between natural resource extraction and human exploitationWhy mindfulness and appreciation can be powerful acts of resistanceHow we might live and lead differently by learning from the earthResources 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🚨 Sign up for Becky’s newsletter, Feminist Rants Are My Superpower🎤 PROUD MEMBER OF THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE
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Get "Liberate Your Business" by Becky Mollenkamp https://liberateyourbusiness.com/This week’s text: ✍️ “Speaking of Nature” by Robin Wall KimmererThis 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 📱 LinkedInDiscussed in this episode:The objectification of nature—and the people we treat like objects tooHow Indigenous language teaches respect through grammar and animacyWhat it means to re-humanize the world around usWhy slowing down is radical and reconnecting is revolutionaryThe power of rest, seasonality, and nature as a model for leadershipWhat “nature deficit disorder” is and why we feel it so deeplyHow language has been used to colonize, erase, and devalueParallels between natural resource extraction and human exploitationWhy mindfulness and appreciation can be powerful acts of resistanceHow we might live and lead differently by learning from the earthResources 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🚨 Sign up for Becky’s newsletter, Feminist Rants Are My Superpower🎤 PROUD MEMBER OF THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE
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