Looby Macnamara is the creator of the Design Web, which is used into our new Mothers as Natural Leaders book to weave the threads of the book together into a useful design for your own leadership path. Looby shares about some of her own designs and how you can build your familiarity with the Design Web, so that it becomes a useful resource in your life.

Looby Macnamara shares about her journey of weaving her personal culture during menopause. She reads extracts from the book as well as sharing her stories about honouring her menopause journey and how you might do that yourself.

Managing time for our own self care as mothers is an ongoing challenge. Here Looby shares some ideas about how we can do that more easily in our everyday lives. She also shares a song related to this, and an activity using the Design Web from the process of creating our own leadership design which features in our forthcoming book - Mothers as Natural Leaders.

Nature connection specialist Jon Young joins Looby Macnamara, to talk about how we can encourage nature connection with our children. Looby reads an extract from the forthcoming 'Mothers as Natural Leaders' book. And then Jon and Looby share their wisdom about nature connection with our children.

Looby reads some extracts from the forthcoming Mothers as Natural Leaders book. Looby shares about the power of stories, the belief cycle, owning our leadership stories and family stories. There is also an activity that is part of the design for our leadership paths using the Design Web which was created by Looby.

Looby reads some extracts from the forthcoming Mothers as Natural Leaders book. Looby shares about the power of stories, the belief cycle, owning our leadership stories and family stories. There is also an activity that is part of the design for our leadership paths using the Design Web which was created by Looby.

Take some time out to relax and enjoy Looby's poetry from her book Strands of Infinity. Looby guides us through a deep relaxation and into some poetry to empower us and restore our spirits.

Napping comes naturally to Looby, but to many it doesn't at all. After many friends said to her - 'it's a skill I wish I had', She has thought more about how to nap well and in this episode shares some tips for doing that.

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In this second episode Looby shares an activity from our forthcoming book "Mothers as Natural Leaders". This activity supports us to have quick routes to bring us back into a place of personal peace using the elements.

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Welcome to Season 3 of the Mother Nature podcast with a new style of pocket podcasts - easy to find the time to listen, bite size inspirations for us all. In this episode Looby Macnamara (your host for the season) shares some of the thinking in our forthcoming book - Mothers as Natural Leaders. Why do we shy away from the term leadership, and how we can turn that around and embrace ourselves as regenerative feminine leadership.

In this episode Emma Gorbutt from the Mother Nature Team turns the tables and interviews Looby Macnamara our regular podcast host. They have been friends and co-workers for nearly 20 years and in this interesting and thought provoking conversation, they explore our cultures of leadership and mothering.

In this episode Looby talks to Heather Houston, Song leader and . If you would like to hear some songs, other than Christmas ones, becoming your ear worms or ear butterflies then have a listen and sing along.

In this episode Looby continues her conversation with Shore Charnoe, and move into the topics of menopause, ceremonies and cultural appropriation. To end Shore sings us a beautiful Ojibway lullaby.

In this episode Looby talks to Shore Charnoe an indigenous mother and grandmother. They dive deep into gratitude, ceremonies and how to change perspectives and so much more. In fact this conversation with Shore was so rich it will be shared in 2 parts.

This FIRST EPISODE OF SEASON 2 Is a wonderful conversation with Lily Sequoia and me, Looby Macnamara one of the Mother Nature Podcast Hosts. We talk about the power of circle and how she finds time for her creativity.

We are at the end of our first season of the Mother Nature podcast. Here the team celebrate and share news about season two. We also share one of our favourite songs - Bella Mama.

In this episode Looby is joined by Ruth Cato, who shares her understanding of shadow work and how being in a circle with other women can support us to grow and heal.

In this episode, Jana meets Franka Kohler. They talk about why it is especially important for a mother to have a meaningful job and the challenges and opportunities that re-entering professional work after having become a mother brings about.

In this episode, Cecilia holds a profound conversation with Amy Taylor Kabbaz, about what is matrescence and how it encompasses all of your being.

In this conversation, Looby talks to Morag Gamble about how her leadership and mothering roles have grown alongside each other.

In this episode, Looby and Valentina talk about discovering and using your own voice to truly enjoy singing alone, with your children and with others. Join the singing.

In this episode Jana talks with Margaret Kerr about her personal and professional research on place memory. Margaret shares some of her experiences of connecting deeply with the history of places and they explore how this may enable us to heal our own as well as collective wounds.

In this episode, we talk about all you wanted to always know about the Mother Nature project: the vision and creation of it, the power and wisdom of the 42 cards, the Mother Nature journey methodology, the struggle and strength of being a single mother.

In this episode, Lara and Tina talk about women’s circles: the magic of women's circles, the challenges of leading the circles, good practices in holding space and why some women are hesitant to join women's circles.

In this episode, Jana and Jaguar explore the role of female rites of passage in our modern society and how becoming a mother nowadays often acts as an initiation into womanhood.

In this episode Looby and Maddy share some of the challenges as mothers as we navigate teenagers, menopause, eco-anxiety and leadership.

In this episode Lara and Lusi Alderslowe discuss what are their experiences in connecting children and adults with nature

In this episode Debora shares with us her passion for the transformational journey of birth and how deeply we are connected to the wild in this threshold experience of becoming mother.

In this episode, Jana meets Mirjam Luthe, a teacher of mindfulness, self-compassion, gratefulness and contemplative nature practices. They talk about birth and death and grace and dignity in motherhood.

In this episode, Looby Macnamara is our host for today in conversation with Leona Johnson. They talk about parenting, nature connection, gratitude and singing.