A conversation about how living more locally—through food, friendship, and community—can restore a sense of belonging in a fragmented world.
In a world where so much feels upside down—from food systems to conflict and war, to the way families are stretched thin just trying to keep up—we ask: what happens when we stop chasing constant progress and start looking closer to home?
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This episode explores what it means to choose a different way, one that doesn’t extract or accelerate, but roots us more deeply in place, relationships, and purpose. After a morning of self-doubt (the kind that often comes with walking against the dominant current), Ingrid wanders into the forest and is struck by a quiet knowing: even the most tangled, unorganised ecosystems thrive—simply by trusting the unfolding.
We speak about the ache of wondering whether we were born in the wrong millennia—and how that longing might actually be a clue. Maybe we’re not out of place, but right on time. Here to help seed a more local, relational, and human-scale way of living.
We also share stories told by Helena Norberg-Hodge from Ladakh, a remote community on the Tibetan plateau, where ten adults care for every child, and success is measured not in milestones or achievement—but in time spent together, tending the land, and preserving experiential wisdom passed down through generations.
This episode is a love letter to localisation and a gentle nudge that change doesn’t always require a master plan. Sometimes it begins by coming together with friends to buy locally-produced food in bulk to make it more affordable. Or asking someone what they need. Or gathering with others to rest, reflect, and imagine a new map, together.
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