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The Teaching Your Toddler PodcastPutting A Bear To Bed: Making Connections with The Magic All Around Us with Dr Susan EirichPutting a bear to bed may sound impossible to most people for for Dr. Susan Eirich, it's all part of the rythym of life at Earthfire Institute and illustrates how we can all connect. This story, along with the story of a wolf who took a cab, the energy healing of two of their animals and the simple pleasure a little snail named Speedy provided her are all part of "the magic that is all around us" that Susan shares in this very special episode for anyone who feels that tug to slow down and make stronger c...2025-02-1733 min
Wild ConnectionWhispers of the Wild with Dr. Susan B EirichThis episode features Dr. Susan B Eirich— author of Whispers from the Wild: An Invitation Stories from the Rescued Wild Animals of Earthfire institute. Susan’s work in Reconnection Ecology invites us to see animals not as ‘other,’ but as beings with whom we share this planet in a profound and reciprocal way.
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Voices for Mental HealthAnimal and Human ConnectionLicensed psychologist Susan B Eirich shares her in-depth knowledge of working with wildlife and what it can teach humans about connection and communication . 2024-11-1327 min
On WildlifeCoyotes with Susan B. EirichThis month, we’re shining a spotlight on an animal that often gets a bad rap, but deserves a lot more love and respect. Even though they’re closely related to our favorite furry friends—dogs—these wild canines are often misunderstood. Thankfully, Alex is joined by Dr. Susan B. Eirich, Founder and Executive Director of the Earthfire Institute, to help unravel the mysteries behind these amazing creatures and clear up common misconceptions. Get ready to rethink everything you thought you knew as we dive into the wild world of coyotes!For sources and more informat...2024-10-0220 min
Resistance RadioResistance Radio interview of Susan EirichFor more than a quarter century, Dr Eirich has lived with rescued wild animals, using her degrees in biology and psychology to explore the potential relationships we can have with other species. She founded the field of Reconnection Ecology as an approach to solving our current ecological crises. Her latest book is Whispers From the Wild: An Invitation: Stores from the rescued wild animals of Earth Fire Institute.2024-02-1953 min
Golden Earth Network16 - Animal Communication and HealingGolden Earth Network is a place for spiritual and energetic workers from all over the world to share their unique perspectives and experiences.Our next guest is Rose De Dan. As a child, the animals, the stones and the trees were her companions. Today she is a professional animal communicator, Reiki Master and Teacher, shamanic energy healer, and author. Her career is devoted to assisting animals and people; to help us both live in a higher state of harmony and communion through connection, communication and energy healing.2024-01-251h 30
Flanigan's Eco-LogicDr. Susan B. Eirich on Reconnection EcologyIn this episode of Flanigan's Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Dr. Susan B. Eirich, Founder and Executive Director of the Earthfire Institute, a wildlife sanctuary and rehabilitation center in Driggs, Idaho. She discusses her deep sentiments on the value of Reconnection Ecology, a framework created to reawaken our relationship with wildlife and nature, expanding our sense of community to include all living beings and moving us to protect thriving habitats for all life.She talks about her love for the West, and her deep connection and instinctive understanding of wolves. Today, Earthfire Institute houses bears, wolves, and a...2022-07-1326 min
Sustainability Now - exploring technologies and paradigms to shape a world that worksReconnection Ecology - Healing Humans and NatureIn her unique approach to global conservation, founder of Earthfire Institute, Susan B. Eirich, Ph.D. shares transformational tales of people connecting deeply with nature to bring us into a personal relationship with the living world. Understanding that so many of our human and environmental ills stem from deep dissociation, Susan developed Reconnection Ecology, an ecopsychology and spiritual ecology perspective that blends nature and human psychology. Her sacred and life-affirming stories bring us into open-hearted connection with wild animals and offer a pathway to healing the trauma that humans, animals, and our Earth are currently...2022-06-0559 min
Mindrolling with Raghu MarkusEp. 438 – The Human and The Wild with Susan B. EirichThis week on the Mindrolling podcast, Raghu Markus invites Susan B. Eirich, Ph.D. to share her wisdom on the connections between the wild and the human.Susan B. Eirich, Ph.D. is the founder and executive director of Earthfire Institute, a wildlife sanctuary with a mission to change how humans see and therefore treat wildlife, for all our sakes. She uses her background as a biologist and psychologist to bridge our scientific and spiritual understanding of animals. Through retreats, newsletters, speaking, videos, and social media she carries their voices out to an international audience.Ex...2022-05-0659 min
Irish Music Stories PodcastAncient Tongues, Modern TimesLearning just a few words in Gaelic is mannerly when visiting Ireland and Scotland. And it can be a way IN to cultural values and humor. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Séamus Ó Flatharta, Ciarán Bolger, Michael Coult, Julie Fowlis, Mary Jane Lamond, and Brian Ó hAirt help me understand connections between language and music. And how songs in Irish and Scottish Gaelic transmit emotion, carry history, and lift people up. There’s also plenty of music in this episode. Full playlist below. And for Japanese speakers who want to get started with Irish Music Stories, the first...2020-10-1359 min
Artspeak RadioARTSPEAK RADIO with Eirich,Wednesday, July 29, 2020; 12noon – 1pm CST, 90.1fm KKFI Kansas City Community Radio, streaming live www.kkfi.org Producer/host Maria Vasquez Boyd talks with Cerbera Gallery owner Philipp Eirich, artists Susan Kiefer and Stephanie Lanter, also Katie Mabry van Dieren owner of the Strawberry Swing KC. SUSAN KIEFER-Making things makes me happy—from paper dolls and dolls […]2020-07-2800 min
Earth Conversations PodcastIn Conversation With Susan EirichEver since she can remember, Susan had an instinctive understanding of the value of all living beings and how important it is to treat them with respect, for our sake as well as theirs. She founded Earthfire Institute with a mission to change how we humans see and therefore treat wildlife and nature, by helping us make an emotional, heart-opening connection with the rescued wild animals of Earthfire. Connecting deeply with individual animals serves as a portal into the wonder and magic of all living beings. And, now she is sharing this wisdom with us.
Susan B. Eirich, Ph.D...2020-07-0558 min
The Possibility ProjectSeeing the World Through Non-Human Eyes with Susan Eirich, Possibility Podcast Session 20For more about Susan and the Earthfire Institute visit https://earthfireinstitute.org/2020-05-2158 min
Earthfire RadioThe Connective Nature of Wildlife Art: A Conversation with Anne London Part IIDr. Susan Eirich of the Earthfire Institute talks with wildlife artist Anne London about the connective nature of art and why it's so important in a world of increasing isolation.2019-09-2445 minEarthfire RadioThrough Wolves’ Eyes: Insights from Wildlife Artist Anne London, Part I (Re-release)While we are busy working on new content, we have re-released a podcast from our archives. In this conversation, Dr. Susan Eirich discuses the importance of art and conservation with incredible wildlife artist, Anne London. This is a timely podcast to share with you all as Anne is currently visiting the property again, getting more material for her paintings, and we will be recording the long-awaited Part 2. We hope you enjoy this powerful conversation and tune in with us for Part 2 next month.2019-08-2332 minEarthfire RadioComing Together for Radical Change: A Conversation with Derrick Jensen"If we wish to stop the atrocities, we need merely to step away from the isolation. There is a whole world waiting for us, ready to welcome us home."
Dr. Susan Eirich of Earthfire Institute talks with author and activist Derrick Jensen about the need to come together to enact radical change for the planet.2019-06-271h 02Earthfire RadioThe End of Ice: A Conversation with Dahr JamailDr. Susan Eirich sits down with award winning journalist and author Dahr Jamail to discuss his new book, The End of Ice, and how we can find meaning in our life as we face the increasing challenges associated with climate change.2019-05-2447 min
Earthfire RadioWhat We Can Learn from Loving Animals: A Conversation with Andrew HarveyIn a fascinating, passionate wide-ranging podcast, mystical scholar Andrew Harvey and Dr. Susan Eirich of the Earthfire Institute explore the nature of the human/animal/nature relationship. They discuss the dangers of projecting our own human emotions and motivations onto animals, the value of learning to appreciate the animal self, and the joy and pain we experience as we form lasting, meaningful relationships with the animals in our lives.
Andrew Harvey is an internationally acclaimed poet, novelist, translator, mystical scholar, and spiritual teacher. He has written and edited more than 30 books—including the best-selling titles ‘The Hope’ and ‘The Tibetan Book of L...2019-04-2047 min
Earthfire RadioFor Wildlife, Making a Daily Living Isn't Easy: A Conversation with Wildlife Filmmaker Jeff HoganDr. Susan Eirich of Earthfire Institute and wildlife filmmaker Jeff Hogan discuss how even those of us with the best intentions don't always realize the impact human activity has on the ability of wildlife to make a living.
Cinematographer Jeff Hogan has been filming and photographing wildlife around the world for over 30 years, earning numerous awards for his work, including several Emmy nominations for cinematography. Being a naturalist at heart, Jeff's passion is to witness wildlife behavior and to provide us a privileged view in to the secret lives of wildlife, capturing intimate imaging that illustrates just what it takes...2019-02-2232 min
Earthfire RadioFrom Spirituality to Action: A Conversation With Buddhist Scholar David LoyDr. Susan Eirich of Earthfire Institute talks with Buddhist Scholar David Loy about the connection between spirituality and ecology. Our current ecological crisis is, at its core, a spiritual crisis. Therefore, spirituality is where we have to go to solve it. As with all the great religions, Buddhism offers very useful insight on how we can solve our personal and environmental ones: our personal suffering and our collective crises are the same because there is no separation between us and the rest of Life.2018-12-2055 min
Earthfire RadioExploring Compassionate Conservation: A Conversation with Ethologist Marc Bekoff, Ph.D.The basic idea behind Compassionate Conservation is that the life of every individual matters. Susan Eirich sits down with Marc Bekoff to discuss how each life has intrinsic value.2018-10-2556 min
Earthfire RadioCarolyn Baker Interviews Dr. Susan EirichCarolyn Baker Interviews Dr. Susan Eirich by Earthfire Institute2018-06-1539 min
Core Awareness PodcastsThe Animals Are Calling Council: A Conversation with Susan EirichDr. Susan Eirich is a licensed psychologist, biologist, educator, and the director of the Earthfire Institute. Her goal is to widen the conversational circle around conservation to include the voices of all living beings. She summons us to hear other species so that we may tap into a broader, deeper nourishment of life, self, and other. Liz Koch and Susan Eirich discuss the mutual life supporting benefits of a dynamic multispecies initiative toward finding new ways of being on the Earth. (photo is of Earthfire the wolf and her brother Red).2018-06-0256 min
Earthfire RadioDr. Susan Eirich talks with Linda Bender, DVMDr. Susan Eirich talks with Linda Bender, DVM by Earthfire Institute2018-05-0357 min
Earthfire RadioTherefore, Honor Everything.Dr. Susan Eirich of Earthfire Institute talks with Deena Metzger, an American writer, healer, and teacher whose work spans multiple genres including the novel, poetry, non-fiction, and plays.
Deena Metzger is a poet, novelist, essayist, storyteller, teacher, healer and medicine woman who has taught and counseled for over fifty years, in the process of which she has developed therapies (Healing Stories) which creatively address life threatening diseases, spiritual and emotional crises, as well as community, political and environmental disintegration. Deena has spent a lifetime investigating Story as a form of knowing and healing. As a writer, she asks: Who do...2018-05-0241 minEarthfire RadioDr. Susan B. Eirich talks with Darlene Lee of Earth Law CenterEarthfire Institute Founder and Executive Direction Dr. Susan B. Eirich talks with Darlene Lee of Earth Law Center. Do Trees have standing? Does a River have rights? Despite decades of environmental laws, Earth’s health continues to decline. Is this any surprise if the environment has no voice in decision-making and cannot bring issues to court? This is changing.2018-04-0933 minEarthfire RadioInterview with Andrew HarveyEarthfire Executive Director, Dr. Susan B. Eirich, talks to mystic scholar Andrew Harvey.2017-12-131h 09Earthfire RadioConservation Conversation — Tuning Into Life: The Art of ListeningOn October 18th Dr. Susan Eirich and members of the Earthfire Community joined for a special online video discussion on a topic at the heart of Earthfire’s mission: the art of listening.
Hearing is something we do involuntarily, but listening requires that we bring our complete attention to the subject at hand: ourselves, another being, Nature, all Life. To learn to speak the language of Life, we must first learn the ways that Life speaks to us. When we learn to listen deeply, we can begin to include the voices of all living beings in our considerations about how we...2017-10-201h 02
Earthfire RadioThe Animals Are Calling Us: Being Supported in Ways We Don’t RecognizeListen as Dr. Susan Eirich and the Earthfire community have a heartfelt discussion on the ways animals support us and how we can receive those messages. For more information and future Conservation Conversations, visit: http://bit.ly/2fdyvRI2017-09-2258 min