Currently I am in a stage of questioning my primary work, having moved away from social work and mental health work in the last year due to burnout. However, I still feel a pull to this path, and am assessing how to continue in it with solid self-preservation tactics. Essentially, in both life and paid work, I believe my primary work is building relationships that support people. I have always felt like relationships are the most important aspect of my life; with self, with others, with community and with the planet (non-human beings included). I believe a great path would be to encourage and facilitate connections and relationships between humans and nature, potentially in a therapeutic sense.

My role is to be in good relation, and to support others to be in good relation, and to do my best to combat inequalities.

As written in the first answer box, a major goal is to find a way to do this without burnout, and in a capacity that is meaningful and sustainable. I think the RPR series will allow me to connect better to place, the whole shebang, and myself, which hopefully will allow me to get creative and imaginative about how to direct my skills and passions. I'm not expecting it to help me choose a job or work path, but hope it will allow me to look at myself as a whole system within a whole system, and provide guidance on how to operate.

In further education, in creating community, in connecting more to my hometown, in learning to use my voice more, in learning to expand my horizons.

Further study, applying for work that I don't necessarily have all the qualifications and experience for, RPR series, further reading and exploration of topics I'm interested in (outdoor therapy, alternative therapies, adult education, education pedagogy, psychotherapy)

Time, courage, exploration, many, many conversations and taking a break!

Psychology, poetry, education pedagogy, regenerative thinking, alternate ways of being, alternate lifestyles, permaculture, food sovereignty, itinerant and transient lifestyles.
Tyson Yunkaporta, Janne Robinson, Bri Lee, David Gonski, bell hooks, Sally Mustang, Maddie Rasmussen, Karl Marx, Bill Mollison, Carl Jung, Jason Fox, Emily Nagoski, Tammi Jones.

What a tricky question! I think my philosophy of life is that it's completely incredible, that humans are a tiny yet powerful and potent influence on life on the planet but that we are meant to be here and that while the earth doesn't need us, if we're in right relation then we can be in a symbiotic relationship with her. I believe that everything is connected to everything, even though I don't really understand what that means, and that energy in all its forms, particularly in human to human and non-human beings, is a palpable, dominant force and one that is often ignored. I believe that kindness is one of the most important offerings to give and receive, and that there is spirit present in the earth and in all beings.