I am fascinated with entomophagy as of late, and so it was great fun to record this interview with Daniella Martin — author of Edible: An Adventure Into the World of Eating Insects and the Last Great Hope to Save the Planet and the host of Girl Meets Bug, the insect cooking/travel show!

In the interview, we discuss:

• How Daniella became “the bug girl"
• The great resources in Daniella’s book
• Farming insects is not part of indigenous culture
• Insect identification when foraging
• How to avoid parasites when eating insects
• Legs, intestines and exoskeletons — oh my!
• Insect farming
• Cultural taboos surrounding entomophagy
• Tastes of different insects
• Vegans, vegetarians and eating insects
• Long chain fatty acids in insects
• Where is the “insect trend” going?
• The best starter insects
• Freezing vs cooking

In this episode of ReWild Yourself! podcast, I talk with Ido Portal, founder of Movement Culture and teacher of movement workshops around the world.

Episode breakdown:

• Modeling brachiation after apes and children
• Movement diet — digesting movement nutrition
• Specialization vs. Generalization
• "Movement" vs. "Training"
• The problems with modern yoga
• Moving out of alignment
• The natural human resting position
• Flexibility vs. Mobility
• Spine longevity — look to the cat
• Prioritize movement

In this episode of ReWild Yourself! Podcast, I talk with Scott Sonnon, world renowned fitness trainer, founder of TACFIT, public speaker and author.

Episode breakdown:

• Diminished complexity of physical movement means diminished capacity for imagination
• Importance of sweating for stress relief
• Reprogramming movement at the brain stem level
• Being more athletic does not make you more fit for daily life
• Getting back to mobility basics for truly advanced fitness
• When you "stand up straight," are you aligning or distorting your posture?
• Experience high stress and maintain your fine motor skills
• Literally shake off stress
• Focus on the exhale
• Scott's programs and innovative teaching techniques

In this episode of the ReWild Yourself! podcast, Erwan Le Corre, founder of MovNat, joins me to talk about natural movement. 

Episode breakdown:

• What natural movement means to Erwan
• "Movement" vs. "Exercise"
• Do we need to re-learn to move naturally?
• Connection between movement and survival skills
• Erwan's top strategies to avoid injury during movement training
• Specificity causes body alienation
• The movement you can do this afternoon

In this episode of ReWild Yourself! podcast, I talk with Nora Gedgaudas, author of the international best-selling book, Primal Body, Primal Mind and widely recognized expert on the Paleo Diet. 

Episode breakdown:

• The Paleo diet
• Milankovitch cycles explained
• Gobekli Tepi 
• The human zoo vs. the factory farm
• Nora’s thoughts on gluten
• Climate of complacency
• The wild mind vs. the domesticated mind
• Cultivate the feral mindset

In this episode of ReWild Yourself! podcast, Arthur Haines and I continue our conversation; this time delving into the difference between Food Fads and the Homo sapiens Diet.

Episode breakdown:

• All diets are fad diets

• What constitutes a fad diet

• The issues with the loss of seasonal foods

• The good side of grains

• Wild rice benefits

• Cultivated foods vs. wild foods

• 4 guidelines for choosing domesticated foods

• Bitter lettuce over iceburg lettuce

• How to eat animal foods

• ReWild your mind 

In this episode of ReWild Yourself! podcast, I talk with Samuel Thayer, author of The Forager's Harvest and Nature's Garden.

Episode breakdown:

• Sam’s beginnings in foraging

• How foraging effects your world view

• How to get started foraging

• How much wild food can you live on realistically

• Is foraging sustainable for the future?

• Sam’s favorite springtime wild foods

In the first episode of the ReWild Yourself! Podcast, I'm honored to bring you Arthur Haines, a plant taxonomist who practices and shares a neoaboriginal life way to foster awareness, connection, health and self-reliance. We discuss a very important question: Are we really Homo sapiens? We get into the 4 criteria that define a domesticated species and find that it might make sense to begin classifying humans a little differently. Enter Homo sapiens domesticofragilis, or wise, fragile, domesticated man. Arthur gives us the key factors to transcending domestication and living the NeoAboriginal Lifeway.