Dumbo Feather Podcast

What a legend this woman is! The divine & soulful Danielle Caruana aka Mama Kin, one of Australia's most loved musicians, joined us in the Zoom room this week for a power wisdom hour - going deep on what it really means to listen.

It's the final episode of our liminal space (lockdown) mini-series with Berry and Dr Arne Rubinstein, exploring the elements of a rite of passage as they relate to this profound moment in time. In this chat, they continue to explore the re-integration phase of a rite of passage, particularly how we can hold ourselves and one another accountable for the growth, lessons learned and gifts revealed during the transformation process. We've so enjoyed producing this series for you, and would love to know how it was received and what you'd like to hear more of, especially as we continue to navigate change together as a community. Email us with your feedback and ideas to digital@dumbofeather.com Big thanks to Arne for his extraordinary contributions. Be sure to engage with more of his work through The Rites of Passage Institute.

There was everything from beaming smiles to wet cheeks in the Zoom room this week with the glorious and exuberant Ronni Kahn. Ronni is the founder and CEO of OzHarvest, Australia's leading food rescue organisation. They've been at the forefront during this time feeding thousands of vulnerable people a week.

He's one of the great visionaries of our time and we got a juicy hour with him in our weekly lunchtime wisdom hour. It's Damon Gameau, the extraordinary filmmaker behind 2040.

We've separated, we've transformed, now how do we go back into the world as our changed selves? In this episode, Berry and Arne explore the final stage of a rite of passage: re-integration.

This week we chatted with Dr Arne Rubinstein about the DF mini-series he’s been making with Berry on the opportunity of this moment for transformation. Arne unpacks some of the elements and stages of a rite of passage and why they are so valuable to us right now.

Berry and Arne continue unpacking the process of a healthy transformation, this week looking at two more essential elements: the creation of a vision for the future, and the honouring of one's unique gifts and talents for the world.

Welcome back to the Zoom Room for our Dumbo Feather Conversation with Claire Dunn! Claire is a re-wilding facilitator, mentor, writer and much-loved Dumbo Feather contributor. In 2010, she spent a year living in the bush without matches, which profoundly shaped the course of her life and her relationship with the more than human world. We chatted with Claire about her re-wilding practices and how they are supporting her at this time.

It’s episode 2 of our Dumbo Feather mini-series “Transformation Through Rites of Passage,” featuring Berry in conversation with friend and the founder of the Rites of Passage Institute, Dr Arne Rubinstein. After chatting about separation as the first major path of a rite of passage, Berry and Arne go deep on the next stage - transformation - exploring the critical role that both the sharing of stories and challenges or ordeals play within that. With lightness, depth and humour, Berry and Arne move between the experience of an individual in these stages of development and the experiences of us as a global community transitioning to new paradigms and ways of being. In the last 15 minutes of each show, Berry and Arne will answer questions and reflections from listeners. If you have something you'd like them to discuss, email digital@dumbofeather.com

A new podcast from our friends at Small Giants. What shadows in our collective consciousness have created our flawed economic system? What could a new system that operates within the ecological boundaries of this planet look like? How can we dream into a more regenerative system for all? Impact Investor, Berry Liberman, publisher of Dumbo Feather and co-founder of Small Giants, is joined by three Jungian analysts, Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart and Lisa Marchiano to analyse capitalism through a Jungian lens. This is episode 4 of the series, a special release for Dumbo Feather listeners. Subscribe to Myths, Morals and Money wherever you get your podcasts for the first four episodes and ongoing releases in the series.

Nearly 200 folks around the world gathered in the Zoom Room for our Monday lunchtime chat with legendary Dharma teacher, Catherine Ingram. In the 1970s, Catherine co-founded the most prestigious Buddhist Centre in the west - the Insight Meditation Society - and since then has written seminal works, led retreats, run a weekly Dharma Dialogue series, and been a voice of nourishment and solace to thousands. This is an edited version of her chat with Dumbo Feather's Berry Liberman and Nathan Scolaro.

In this special mini-series of the Dumbo Feather podcast, our publisher and editor-in-chief Berry Liberman examines this moment in history as a rite of passage with good friend and founder of the Rites of Passage Institute, Dr Arne Rubinstein. Over the next few episodes, Berry and Arne will unpack the elements and stages of a rite of passage and look at how they relate to our individual and collective lives. They will ask, "How can this period be experienced as a rite of passage?" and "What does a healthy transformation look like?" Berry and Arne discuss the opportunity that exists in this time of widespread isolation - which could be understood as a container or cocoon from which we emerge - and share ideas and insights for listeners to bring into their individual lives, families and communities. In the last 15 minutes of each show, Berry and Arne will answer questions and reflections from listeners. If you have something you'd like them to discuss, email digital@dumbofeather.com

This week in our lunchtime Conversation Series, we chatted with singer-songwriter, storyteller and cover star of Issue 60, Lydia Fairhall about who's really in the driver's seat: body or spirit? This is an edited version of her chat with Dumbo Feather's Berry Liberman and Nathan Scolaro.

Every Monday at 12:30pm, we're inviting Dumbo Feather guests to share their wisdom for this time with members of our community over Zoom. This week we heard from social researcher and community champion Hugh Mackay. This is an edited version of his chat with Berry Liberman and Nathan Scolaro from Dumbo Feather.

Every Monday at 12:30pm, we're inviting Dumbo Feather guests to share their wisdom for this time with members of our community over Zoom. This week we heard from Dumbo Feather publisher and Small Giants co-founder Berry Liberman about leaning into new economic systems and re-imagining a future where all life can flourish. This is an edited version of her chat with Dumbo Feather editor Nathan Scolaro.