Dani Wolff is a roll-your-sleeves-up-&-get-shit-done kinda girl who oozes earth wisdom and mama wisdom but most of all she personifies what it means to be collaborative. From her years in an intentional community to  her globe trotting earth building projects and now her multi fingered prongs in collaborations that take her from  veggie gardens to matriessence mentoring  she shares a bagful of insights into how we can bring some of the ideological ideas to life in a way that can work for each of us wherever we live.

Links You’ll Love:
Earthed to birth
Johno Futuresteading episode (her husband)

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We talked about:
Natural rhythms of each year
Earth building design is not about the building, its about the people & the relationships
Being drawn to communities & their dynamics - people care
Her trip to Scotland for a the Gaia led course in organisational design
Creating an intentional community with 25 other people using gut led decisions
Holding shame when reflecting on previous experiences
Teaching social permaculture
The complexity of ownership & agency
Living without comforts &with so many people  took its toll & resulted in emotional exhaustion
Communities work when there are different types of people
Reflection is a really important part of the cycle
Her earth building experiences
Falling pregnant changed how she lives - pulling back from constant travel & constantly being in community
Reframing who you are as part of matriessesnce - it was really hard to let go of her preconceived ideas of who she was and how she would live
The new rhythm that motherhood brings
300sq metres is the perfect size for 6 families (23 people altogether). Using everything they grow & swapping the value added goodies with each other
Being collaborative is in our DNA but that doesn’t make it easy
It takes a lot to make the leap into working collaboratively & requires conversation & check ins to be sure everyone still feels valued & recompensed
There’s an inner knowing that we feel better when we work with others
How a greater driver can be the reason to connect
The importance of sharing our parenting challenges honestly
Being mothers & women who can share, assures us that we are good parent
Wanting to breastfeed forever
Do people carry the weight of their babies early birthing trauma
What can we do differently to encourage others to build their own tools & not just rely on organisers to make things happen - create independent groups for themselves
Seek mothers groups or activities & be brave enough to put yourself out there
Consistently showing up is so important for community groups to build momentum
Persistence is required to get things off the ground
Ask "What's your why - do you want to learn skills, do you want support, where are your vulnerabilities
Mind mapping & getting clear on what your wants/hopes are to fill a void 
Her huddle word is NOURISHMENT

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