Shows
Alchemical Health12: Sustainable or regenerative - rehab in the communityJoin Jen and Stuart for a deep dive into regenerative healthcare with a focus on rehabilitation! We will cover:* Cold water swimming and water metaphors* Leah V Gibbons: https://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jsd/article/view/0/42386 * Indigenous ways of knowing e.g. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-79622-8_8 * The polycrisis and metacrisis, complexity and VUCA https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/polycrisis-adam-tooze-historian-explains/ * Regenerative farming, nature connection, social connection * Blackthorn Trust https://blackthorn.org.uk/* Community rehab vs inpatient rehab* Socia...
2024-02-2445 min
Alchemical HealthMay you not live in interesting times… A review of Boredom by Jen GashShow notes and creditsAre we human beings or human doings? Why we need to wake up each morning and have something to do - Jen’s new book.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bored-need-something-every-happens/dp/B0CFCL8PR5/ Boredom: an experience without quality or meaning.Person, Environment, Occupation (PEO) model.Forge: The next time you are bored, unpick your feeling. Why are you bored, what is happening, how are you feeling, what don’t you like about it?
2023-10-1948 min
Alchemical HealthCreativity as a survival mechanism with Katherine LongKatherine Long is our guest this week. Katherine’s website says: Bringing regenerative principles to life. Coach, author, supervisor, facilitator, supporting leadership and eldership.Katherine, Jen and Stuart talk about creativity as a survival mechanism, fractal patterns, animism, pollution, and healing. Katherine picks up on the wisdom of living systems, Theory U, and biomes. Exchange reciprocity and holons. Healing vs curing. Animism. Carbon tunnel vision and not understanding the wider pollutants. Links:Katherine Long: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinelongcoaching/ Spirited Away...
2023-06-1458 min
Alchemical HealthRegeneration: small stepsThis week Jen and Stuart reflect on the discussion with Mick Collins. They talk about taking small steps when the large ones are daunting, the habits we form, and hats.They cover the three layers of regeneration: personal, societal and planetary, asking what are we doing that nourishes each of these.They discuss “agency”, depersonalisation, heroes and saviours, and windows.Music: Pursuit by Abbeynoise Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/abbynoise/pursuit License code: BDBKCAXBNB6CLSSX
2023-05-1933 min
Alchemical HealthWhat on Earth has alchemy got to do with health?Introducing Jen Gash and Stuart Jeffery; introducing creativity, sustainability, and nature in both health and healthcare; a bit of light banter; and a bit of a plan for the coming weeks!Show notes and creditsMusic: Pursuit by Abbeynoise Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/abbynoise/pursuit License code: BDBKCAXBNB6CLSSX This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alchemicalhealth.substack.com
2023-02-1717 min
The WheelSpoke 40 - World Earth DayThis weeks episode is about Earth Day. We explore the history of Earth Day and talk about actions we can take as individuals. Our special guest is Stuart Jeffrey who is standing as a Green Party candidate in the County Council elections in May.Climate change: Covid drives record emissions drop in 2020https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-552619021 Joe Bidden Climate Change Virtual Summit: The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/26/joe-biden-climate-change-virtual-summitEarth Day 2021https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2021/Earth Day Maphttps://www.earthday.o...
2021-04-1834 min