{"id":825,"date":"2025-04-03T19:02:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T19:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/?page_id=825"},"modified":"2025-05-09T21:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T21:05:40","slug":"heart-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/?page_id=825","title":{"rendered":"Heart Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"825\" class=\"elementor elementor-825\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a31b037 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a31b037\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7201e8ab e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7201e8ab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e52c680 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e52c680\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-121f3f63 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"121f3f63\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14c9ef52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"14c9ef52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Made-of-Stardust-Bill-Nye.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1011\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Made-of-Stardust-Bill-Nye.jpg 474w, https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Made-of-Stardust-Bill-Nye-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ab3ac20 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ab3ac20\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bf0a24c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6bf0a24c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1)   What is your relationship with the more-than-human world?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-618ec8f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"618ec8f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNature cannot be regarded as something separate from ourselves or as a mere setting in which we live. We are part of nature, included in it and thus in constant interaction with it.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pope Francis, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laudato Si: 139<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dominant view in our society and in the business world is that we, as humans, are somehow separate from nature, above it and apart from it. This perception has enabled us to treat animals, plants and minerals of the Earth as \u201cthings\u201d that are here primarily, if not solely, for our use. We have felt free to excavate, generate and incinerate without concern for the interrelationships that exist in the vast planetary system.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many excellent resources, in addition to Laudato Si, to explore these concepts. Traditional indigenous cultures have not operated from these perspectives and have much to share about how we can heal our relationship with Mother Earth. There are also several naturalists that have written eloquently on this topic.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><b>Some reading suggestions<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p><em><strong><b>Non-Fiction<\/b><\/strong><\/em><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Braiding Sweet Grass<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Robin Wall Kimmerer<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Sand County Almanac<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aldo Leopold<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Lucy Jones<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entangled Life: How Fungi Make our Worlds, Change our Minds and<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shape our Futures<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merlin Sheldrake<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, David Abram<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Shadow of Man<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Jane Goodall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><em><strong><b>Fiction<\/b><\/strong><\/em><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once There Were Wolves<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Charlotte McConaghy<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Living Sea of Waking Dreams<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Richard Flanagan<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><strong>Our best teacher is nature herself. <\/strong><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spending quiet time, being with the living creatures that surround us is our best tutor.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24e42e42 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"24e42e42\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aa1f51d e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3aa1f51d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e44d43b e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e44d43b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6674f68c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6674f68c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2234\" height=\"2266\" src=\"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Plutchik-wheel1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1433\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Plutchik-wheel1.jpg 2234w, https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Plutchik-wheel1-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Plutchik-wheel1-1010x1024.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Plutchik-wheel1-768x779.jpg 768w, https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Plutchik-wheel1-1514x1536.jpg 1514w, https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Plutchik-wheel1-2019x2048.jpg 2019w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2234px) 100vw, 2234px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-110417df e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"110417df\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27eedc3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27eedc3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2) What is your heart feeling?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a8f6098 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a8f6098\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many feelings that may arise as you learn more about the eco-crisis and its causes; grief, anger, guilt, out of control and helpless, overwhelmed. It is important to allow whatever feelings arise and to spend time with them to understand them. There are resources to help you sort through these feelings.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spend time and share these feelings with a trusted friend, mentor or counselor. You are not alone. \u201cClimate grief\u201d is a recognized phenomenon in our culture.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is important to work with these feelings before turning to action. Action motivated by anger or ill will toward others will likely lead those who you are trying to reach to become more hardened in their positions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><strong><b>Resources<\/b><\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climategen.org\/blog\/resources-to-combat-climate-grief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate Generation<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commonslibrary.org\/resources-to-cope-with-climate-anxiety-and-grief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Commons: Social Change Library<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/workthatreconnects.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Work that Reconnects<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joannamacy.net\/main#work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joanna Macy and Her Work<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong><b>Books<\/b><\/strong><\/p><ul><li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">re in with Unexpected Resilience &amp; Creative Power: Revised Edition<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone<\/span><\/li><li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Elizabeth Kolbert<\/span><\/li><li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond Climate Grief<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Monica Newby<\/span><\/li><li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Sarah Jaquette Ray<\/span><\/li><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a92b4aa e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a92b4aa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b672640 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b672640\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-707dc773 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"707dc773\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd29537 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6fd29537\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Follow-Your-Heart-Quote.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1013\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Follow-Your-Heart-Quote.jpg 564w, https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Follow-Your-Heart-Quote-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-156a257d e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"156a257d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57f8012a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57f8012a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3) Where is your heart leading you?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24b2afd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24b2afd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When considering what action to take, it\u2019s important to tune in to what your heart is saying. What is it that you love to do, that you are inclined to, that you are skilled in or that you would like to develop some new skills in. There are many ways to intervene and many tasks to be done. Stretching a little beyond your comfort zone can be a good thing. But overstretching your skills, your time or your energy will lead to frustration and burnout.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1) What is your relationship with the more-than-human world? \u201cNature cannot be regarded as something separate from ourselves or as a mere setting in which we live. We are part of nature, included in it and thus in constant interaction with it.\u201d Pope Francis, Laudato Si: 139 The dominant view in our society and in the business world is that we, as humans, are somehow separate from nature, above it and apart from it. This perception has enabled us to treat animals, plants and minerals of the Earth as \u201cthings\u201d that are here primarily, if not solely, for our use. We have felt free to excavate, generate and incinerate without concern for the interrelationships that exist in the vast planetary system. There are many excellent resources, in addition to Laudato Si, to explore these concepts. Traditional indigenous cultures have not operated from these perspectives and have much to share about how we can heal our relationship with Mother Earth. There are also several naturalists that have written eloquently on this topic. Some reading suggestions Non-Fiction Braiding Sweet Grass, Robin Wall Kimmerer A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild, Lucy Jones Entangled Life: How Fungi Make our Worlds, Change our Minds and Shape our Futures, Merlin Sheldrake Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology, David Abram In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Fiction Once There Were Wolves, Charlotte McConaghy Living Sea of Waking Dreams, Richard Flanagan \u00a0 Our best teacher is nature herself. Spending quiet time, being with the living creatures that surround us is our best tutor. 2) What is your heart feeling? There are many feelings that may arise as you learn more about the eco-crisis and its causes; grief, anger, guilt, out of control and helpless, overwhelmed. It is important to allow whatever feelings arise and to spend time with them to understand them. There are resources to help you sort through these feelings. Spend time and share these feelings with a trusted friend, mentor or counselor. You are not alone. \u201cClimate grief\u201d is a recognized phenomenon in our culture. It is important to work with these feelings before turning to action. Action motivated by anger or ill will toward others will likely lead those who you are trying to reach to become more hardened in their positions. \u00a0 Resources Climate Generation\u00a0 \u00a0 The Commons: Social Change Library\u00a0 The Work that Reconnects\u00a0 \u00a0 Joanna Macy and Her Work\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Books Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We\u2019re in with Unexpected Resilience &amp; Creative Power: Revised Edition, by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone H Is for Hope: Climate Change from A to Z, by Elizabeth Kolbert Beyond Climate Grief, by Monica Newby A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet, by Sarah Jaquette Ray \u00a0 3) Where is your heart leading you? When considering what action to take, it\u2019s important to tune in to what your heart is saying. What is it that you love to do, that you are inclined to, that you are skilled in or that you would like to develop some new skills in. There are many ways to intervene and many tasks to be done. Stretching a little beyond your comfort zone can be a good thing. But overstretching your skills, your time or your energy will lead to frustration and burnout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-825","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1445,"href":"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/825\/revisions\/1445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justearth.mikebehr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}