It Takes a Village and a Mentor with Britt Laidlaw from Wild Song
Imagine a place that recognises children’s need for personal autonomy and emotional safety so that children are re-empowered in the learning process and learn to trust their wild instincts. Well, such a place exists and today I chat with the founder of Wild Song, Britt Laidlaw about the business and Importance of mentoring in our culture & bringing back the village model.
👉 Britt shares
- How she discovered her niche passion
- About her business and what she offers
- Why the village model is so important
- About coyote-style mentoring and rapport based relating to unearth our child's genius
- Why stories and storytelling matters
- What makes Wild Song special
- About what she struggled with when she was starting her business
- The best part about owning a nature play business
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Other podcasts featuring Britt:
Merging Academia, Wild Sovereignty & Somatic Dance with Brittany Jane
The custodianship of Dancing up Country with Brittany Jane Laidlaw
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Book Recs:
Cathedral of the Wild by Boyd Varty
Dr. Martin Shaw-
Courting the Wild Twin
Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass
👉 Guest Details
Brittany has dedicated her life to helping people around the world transform their lives and local ecologies by reconnecting to the natural world and the wild parts of themselves. She is a rewilding mentor, somatic ecologist, and accredited Wayapa practitioner with over 10 years of experience leading programs.
Britt is the Co-Founder of Wildsong, a social enterprise that offers nature-based programs for kids, adults, and families that serve as a catalyst for holistic wellbeing and cultural transformation. Alongside her business, she is also completing a pioneering PhD in eco-somatics that explores the practice and paradigm of dance and other embodied nature connection experiences as an ecological necessity.
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