The ReMembering and ReEnchanting Podcast
Conversations
Conversations with amazing people connecting what is all too often disconnected
Nina Simons, Co-founder and Chief Relationship Officer of Bioneers and the author of, Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership, joins hostess Sara Jolena Wolcott to discuss the healing work of bringing people together and leaning into feminine leadership. Of the many titles that she has been given, "culture doctor," is one of her own favorites, and it seems to fit many of the women leaders whom she has learned from and with over her decades of working to weave together ideas, people, and actions for a more compassionate and ecologically sound world.
1:13 - Introductions
3:33 - How do we create 'connective tissues' between people, ideas, and various forms of dismembering?
7:00 - The spark of bringing people together
17:14 to 24:20 - What does it mean to be a culture doctor?
28:56 - Balancing the masculine and sacred feminine
34:44 - Can the skill of weaving be taught?
35:43 - The importance of stepping aside with grace
40:00 - What has Nina learned from being of service to the BIPOC community?
44:34 - How white folks in leadership can support indigenous leadership
53:00 - Lifting up leaders/culture doctors
1:06:57 - The greatest gifts that Nina can offer
Nina's socials:
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Nina's book:
Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership
Bioneers' socials:
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Podcast
Music Title: Both of Us
Music by: madiRFAN
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About Nina Simons
Nina Simons is co-founder of Bioneers and serves as its Chief Relationship Strategist. She is a social entrepreneur who is passionate about the power of women to transform the world, reaching racial and gender justice, indigeneity and rekindling a sacred relationship to nature, while co-creating a just transition that’s regenerative, loving and peaceful.
She speaks internationally and co-facilitates transformative leadership offerings that integrate Relational Mindfulness, Restoring the Deep Feminine and The Work That Reconnects.
Nina co-edited Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart, and recently wrote the award-winning book Nature, Culture & the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership. She was named a recipient of the Goi Peace Award in recognition of her pioneering work through Bioneers to promote nature-inspired innovations for restoring (reciprocal relationships among) the Earth and our human community.
Source: Bioneers
